Iran and the United States continued their offensive in the Gulf as each accused the other of violating an interim agreement signed less than two weeks ago to end their four-month war.
Shortly after President Donald Trump warned the US could “finish the job militarily”, Iran early Sunday fired missiles and drones at US military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, continuing a series of attacks.
Outside the Gulf, Israel said it had attacked Iran-backed Hezbollah militants in southern Lebanon as fighting continued in an area Tehran says is key to its peace deal with Washington.
The US military said earlier it had struck Iran again, hours after an oil tanker was hit in the Strait of Hormuz, the world’s most important energy transit route, which Iran had cut off for much of the conflict.
The 14-point interim U.S.-Iran deal was intended to end hostilities, which the U.S. and Israel began on February 28, and reopen shipping lanes while talks begin on deeper issues, such as Iran’s nuclear program.
One round of mediation talks, led by the Vice President of the United States, JD Vance and the Speaker of the Iranian Parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, took place in Switzerland a week ago and then Washington lifted the sanctions against Tehran, but the fighting and criticism have started again and intensified.
