Iran’s Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) targeted an undisclosed US airbase on Monday, which it claimed had been used in a strike against a telecommunications tower on Sirik Island, as Kuwait reported intercepting hostile drone and missile attacks.
US Central Command said Monday it had carried out “self-defense strikes” during the weekend targeting radar installations and drone command and control nodes in Iran’s coastal Goruk region and Qeshm Island. The operations came in retaliation for “hostile Iranian actions,” which included the downing of an American MQ-1 drone that had allegedly breached Iranian national waters.
The IRGC then announced that it had carried out a retaliatory strike against a US airbase, from which it said the aggression had originated. It warned, “If the aggression is repeated, the response will be completely different, and the responsibility will rest with the aggressor and child-killing American regime.”
Simultaneously, Kuwait’s official news agency reported that air defenses in the country, where a major US airbase is located, intercepted hostile missile and drone attacks on Monday, while sirens wailed across the country. The agency, citing the General Staff of the Army, added that the sounds of explosions heard resulted from air defense systems intercepting the hostile attacks, without providing further details.
The Kuwaiti Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the “heinous and repeated” Iranian attacks as a “dangerous escalation and a direct assault on the security and stability of the State of Kuwait,” calling them a “flagrant violation of international law, the United Nations Charter, and UN Security Council Resolution 2817 of 2026, as well as a grave threat to the safety of civilians and vital installations.”
The exchanges are the latest in an ongoing cycle of retaliatory strikes since a temporary ceasefire took effect in early April, following a war that erupted in late February after a US-Israeli assault on Iran. Pakistan-mediated talks toward a “comprehensive agreement” continue in parallel.
Amid the escalation, US President Donald Trump stated in a post on Truth Social that “Iran really wants to make a deal, and it will be a good deal for the U.S.A and those that are with us.” He dismissed congressional critics as “Dumocrats and various seemingly unpatriotic Republicans” who should “sit back and relax” because “it will all work out in the end—It always does!”
Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmaeil Baghaei said Monday that negotiations with the United States are being conducted in an “atmosphere of severe suspicion and mistrust,” citing Washington’s contradictory positions and Israeli attacks on Lebanon as causes for delay. “The other party is constantly changing its views and putting forward new or contradictory demands… it is natural that this situation will prolong negotiations,” he added.
Citing the semi-official Tasnim News Agency, Iran International reported that Tehran will “apply its own amendments” to a draft memorandum of understanding, noting that “Tehran was fully prepared if no agreement was reached.”
This follows the changes to a proposed agreement formulated between US envoys and their Iranian counterparts days ago. The amendments specifically pertain to the mechanism and timetable for transferring or disposing of Iran’s highly enriched uranium stockpile, alongside a redrafting of certain articles related to the Strait of Hormuz.
