One killed and dozens injured in Iranian drone strikes on Kuwait airport
At least one person has died and more than 60 others have been injured following Iranian drone strikes on Kuwait’s international airport, according to local authorities.
A spokesperson for Kuwait’s defence ministry described the incident as “criminal Iranian aggression,” while the country’s foreign ministry reported that diplomatic facilities were also damaged during the attack.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed responsibility for the strikes, saying they were carried out in response to recent US attacks on an Iranian oil tanker and Qeshm Island. Tehran also stated that US military bases in the Gulf region were targeted.
The United States earlier announced that it had launched what it called “self-defence” strikes against Iran and successfully intercepted Iranian missiles directed at Kuwait and Bahrain.
The latest confrontation has raised fears over the stability of the fragile ceasefire between Washington and Tehran.
Authorities later confirmed that the person killed in the Kuwait airport attack was an Indian national. India’s foreign ministry condemned the strikes and disclosed that several other Indian citizens were among the injured. The ministry also renewed calls for all parties to halt further attacks.
In response to the incident, Kuwait ordered two Iranian diplomats to leave the country within 24 hours and summoned Iran’s chargé d’affaires.
Meanwhile, United States Central Command said its overnight operation on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz targeted an Iranian military ground control station in retaliation for attempted Iranian attacks across the Middle East.
Centcom further stated that US forces intercepted three Iranian attack drones allegedly launched toward civilian vessels navigating regional waters. It also claimed Iran fired two missiles at Kuwait and three at Bahrain, all of which were either intercepted or disintegrated before impact.
Iran, however, insisted it had carried out missile and drone attacks against US bases and helicopters in a Gulf country as retaliation for American military actions.
Earlier, Centcom revealed that US forces had disabled an empty Botswana-flagged oil tanker heading toward Iran as part of the ongoing US naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. According to the US military, the vessel ignored repeated warnings before a Hellfire missile was fired into its engine room.
The IRGC swiftly threatened retaliation, warning that any disruption to the security of the Strait of Hormuz would come at a heavy cost to the United States.
Iran’s foreign ministry later accused the leaders of Kuwait and Bahrain of bearing “direct and unmistakable responsibility” for what it described as acts of aggression.
The developments come amid stalled ceasefire negotiations between Iran and the United States, with recent efforts to secure a broader peace agreement failing to make progress.
Meanwhile, Donald Trump insisted Iran remained interested in reaching a deal with Washington and said discussions over Iran’s nuclear programme were continuing.
US media reports suggested the Trump administration had proposed revisions to a possible agreement, including issues relating to the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s enriched uranium stockpile, although Iran denied such terms had been agreed upon.
In a recent interview, Trump claimed Iran had already agreed not to pursue nuclear weapons and hinted at the possibility of eventually meeting Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also clarified that any sanctions relief for Iran would remain tied to conditions relating to its nuclear programme, rejecting suggestions that sanctions would be lifted simply to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.
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