US-Iran Exchange Fresh Volley of Strikes; Kuwait Condemns “Repeated” Iranian Attacks
Iran and the United States have carried out fresh strikes around the Strait of Hormuz, with Kuwait condemning “repeated” Iranian attacks on its territory after a second IRGC missile and drone strike on an American base in Kuwait in a week. American fighter jets destroyed Iranian radars and drones in response to the downing of a US UAV. The US-Iran strike exchange has now traded across the weekend and into Monday, directly compromising the framework deal architecture and contributing to Iran’s suspension of indirect US talks.
CENTCOM has been issuing “self-defence” framing for US strikes throughout the war. The Kuwait condemnation places direct Gulf Cooperation Council pressure on Iran for the first time in this round of the war — previous rounds had Saudi Arabia and the UAE as primary GCC pressure points. The Kuwait Air Force base hit by the IRGC missile and drone strike is Camp Arifjan, one of the largest US military logistics hubs in the region. The strike pattern — US-Iran exchanges in the Hormuz airspace plus IRGC strikes on US bases in Kuwait — is the operational pattern that prevailed in the early phase of the war before the spring ceasefire framework. The reversion to that pattern is the structural read.