Summary
- Iran’s foreign ministry says US overnight action, especially bombing coastal radar facilities, is a violation of ceasfire.
- New nighttime salvo of missiles on Kuwait, Bahrain: Six ballistic missiles fired at Bahrain and Kuwait were intercepted, CENTCOM said.
- Overnight flare-up started with Iranian attack drones in Strait being intercepted by US forces.
- Trump admits Iran still has some 20% of its missile arsenal: “It’s a lot of missiles, but it’s not what it was when we first attacked.” (CNBC)
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Iran FM Blasts New US ‘Ceasefire Violations’
Iran has again accused the US of breaking the ceasefire, with the Foreign Ministry on Saturday stating the US “not only lacks the will to reduce tensions and return to the path of stability, but with its adventurist actions, it seriously endangers the security of the region.”
The ministry on X denounced fresh US attacks its coastal radar and surveillance facilities in Sirik region and on Qeshm Island – saying this breached the ceasefire. The ministry “strongly calls on the countries of the region to observe the principle of good neighborliness and adhere to the fundamental principle of international law of refraining from allowing aggressors to use their territory and facilities to plan and carry out aggressive actions against the Islamic Republic of Iran.”
It seems clear that for each US action, Iran is seeking to establish deterrence, and so is not hesitating to fire or inflict some kind of ‘cost’ either on US bases or the Gulf allies hosting them.
More Pakistani efforts to forge together agreement to get US-Iran back to the formal negotiating table: