Strikes hit Kuwait oil platform as US-Iran war continues

Iran reported strikes on two of its southern islands while Kuwait, where Tehran has repeatedly targeted US installations, said border posts and an offshore oil platform had been attacked.

The as-yet unclaimed strikes came hours after Tehran and Washington exchanged fire for the third time this week, with control of Hormuz again the central issue, plunging into further question negotiations aimed at building on a preliminary deal and ending the Middle East war for good. Iranian state media also recently reported explosions on the island of Qeshm and the cities of Jask and Bandar Abbas, as well as other sites across the country, according to a Reuters report.

US Central Command then posted on X it was launching more strikes on Iran to “continue degrading their ability to attack civilian mariners and commercial ships freely transiting the Strait of Hormuz”.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards Corp (IRGC) said after the incident that “the Strait of Hormuz would be closed until further notice and until the end of American interventions in this region”, according to state news agency IRNA. The US military’s Central Command countered on X that the strait was “open to all vessels seeking to lawfully transit”.