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US bombs Iranian military sites and Tehran targets American troops in Kuwait 31%
By JON GAMBRELL54%
6/1/2026, 4:23:47 AM
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DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The United States said Monday that it bombed radar and drone sites in Iran after Tehran shot down an American drone over the weekend.
Iran then said it targeted American soldiers in Kuwait with missiles, which the U.S. says it shot down.
The nominal ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. has been repeatedly tested with such back-and-forth attacks, even as officials from both countries try to negotiate an end to the war.
It’s not clear how close they are to a deal — and there is always the risk that an attack could derail those talks.
In the meantime, Iran has maintained its chokehold on the Strait of Hormuz, disrupting global energy supplies and driving up the price of fuel around the world, with far-reaching consequences.
Fighting has also escalated between Israel and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, despite their nominal ceasefire.
Israel has extended its occupation deep into Lebanon, and Hezbollah — which joined the war in support of its main backer, Iran — continues to launch drones into Israel.
US military attacks Iran
The U.S. military’s Central Command said it carried out the strikes in Iran on Saturday and Sunday around the city of Geruk and on Qeshm Island.
“The measured and deliberate strikes occurred ... in response to aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a U.S.
MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters,” Central Command said.
“U.S. fighter aircraft swiftly responded by eliminating Iranian air defenses, a ground control station, and two one-way attack drones that posed clear threats to ships transiting regional waters.”
Kuwait reports incoming fire
Kuwait said its air defenses opened fire early Monday morning to intercept incoming drone and missile fire.
Around the same time, Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said it responded to an American attack without saying where, likely referring to the attack on Kuwait.
In a statement carried by the state-run IRNA news agency, the Guard said that U.S. forces had targeted a telecommunications tower.
Kuwait is home to U.S.
Army Central, the Mideast forward command for the Army.
While the U.S.
Air Force no longer flies the MQ-1 Predator, the U.S.
Army still does.
Iranian state television later shared footage of the ballistic missile launch, including a close-up showing a sticker on its body depicting a bruised U.S.
President Donald Trump overlaid on a “closed” Strait of Hormuz with the caption: “Until the last American soldier leaves the region.”
Central Command said U.S. forces shot down two ballistic missiles Iran launched toward bases home to American troops.
No Americans were hurt, it added.
Attacks rattle ceasefire talks
The attacks represent the latest escalation between the U.S. and Iran.
Over the weekend, the U.S. fired a missile into the engine room of a Gambia-flagged cargo ship trying to break its blockade of Iranian ports.
A trickle of ships has made it out of the strait, through which a fifth of all traded oil and natural gas once passed, but pressure continues on global energy supplies, as well as on chemical fertilizer.
That has led to fears of food shortages.
The Gulf region produces 30% of globally traded chemical fertilizers.
Trump met with advisers on Friday but has yet to decide on whether to move ahead with a deal to extend the ceasefire and reopen the strait.
Iran has said the deal had not been finalized.
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Esmail Baghaei on Monday again accused the U.S. of “constantly” changing its positions.
“From the beginning, we knew — and we continue to know — that we are negotiating in an atmosphere of mistrust,” Baghaei told journalists.
Trump expressed optimism about the talks in a post on his Truth Social platform early Monday in Washington.
“Iran really wants to make a deal, and it will be a good one for the U.S.A. and those that are with us,” he wrote.
“Just sit back and relax, it will all work out well in the end — It always does!”
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