Trump threatens Iran with annihilation; Kuwait, Bahrain report attacks

President Donald Trump once again threatened to destroy Iran on Sunday, following US strikes on Iranian military targets in retaliation for Tehran’s recent attacks on ships in the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz.

Iran’s neighbors Kuwait and Bahrain reported the arrival of missiles and drones throughout the night.

“US aircraft struck Iran’s missile and unmanned aerial vehicle depots and coastal radar sites for once again violating the Armistice Agreement,” Trump said. wrote at Truth Social.

The US military attacked a series of Iranian targets on Saturday following reports that a commercial tanker had been hit by a shell in the Strait of Hormuz.

The attacks were the latest escalation in tensions between the two countries in recent days following an interim agreement aimed at ending hostilities in the region.

U.S. Central Command said early Sunday: Warplanes hit 10 Iranian military targets in and near the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for a drone attack on the Panama-flagged tanker M/T Kiku. The ship was passing through the Bosphorus more than two million barrels of crude oilCentCom said late Saturday.

Trump said, “There may come a point where we can no longer be reasonable and will have to complete militarily what we have started so successfully. If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!” he wrote.

Trump has repeatedly threatened to send Iran back to the “stone age.”

once in april Real Social post, Trump threatened that “an entire civilization will die tonight” and raised the specter of nuclear war. “The clock is ticking for Iran and they better act FAST or there will be nothing left of them,” Trump said. to mail In May.

Kuwaiti army air defensefacing enemy missile and drone attacks”.

Bahrain Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned “Iran’s renewed aggression against its territory is retargeting the region with a range of ballistic missiles and drones in a dangerous escalation.”

“What Tehran did is not a temporary action or an isolated incident, but rather a deliberate approach and a repeated pattern of systematic attacks,” Bahrain’s statement said. The statement was included.

Despite the attacks, Central Command said commercial ship passage through the critical waterway continued.

Oil prices continued their decline on Friday as more tankers cleared the Strait of Hormuz and supply concerns eased.

While international benchmark Brent crude futures contracts for August fell by 4.34 percent to $71.99 per barrel, US West Texas Intermediate futures contracts fell by 3.74 percent to $69.23 per barrel for August. WTI futures last closed below $70 on February 27, one day before the start of the Iran war.

CentCom said the US strikes targeted Iran’s “military surveillance infrastructure, communications systems, air defense facilities, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities.”

The new attacks come as the United States and Iran are expected to reach a 60-day ceasefire as they hold talks to end their war. But both accused the other of violating their part of the agreement.

US army attacked Iran on Friday after Trump accused the Islamic Republic of “stupidly violating” the ceasefire agreement by launching drone attacks on ships in the strait.

Central Command reported that Iran hit the Singapore-flagged cargo ship Ever Lovely off the coast of Oman on Thursday. X. The ship continued on its way through the strait, which is an important passageway for oil shipments.

The renewed attacks come more than a week after Trump and Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian signed a memorandum of understanding aimed at developing a permanent peace agreement to end the war between the two countries.

— CNBC’s Sarah Min, Terri Cullen and Dan Mangan contributed to this report