Iran live updates: Kuwait and Bahrain condemn 'heinous' Iranian aerial strikes
President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.
Delegations from the United States and Iran meet last weekend at the Bürgenstock resort in Switzerland, where they entered negotiations aimed at a war-ending deal based on a memorandum of understanding signed last week by both countries.
Iran claims sole responsibility for restoring Strait of Hormuz shipping traffic
Iran's foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said on Sunday that only Iran is responsible for reopening the Strait of Hormuz and restoring shipping traffic to pre-war levels.
"These arrangements are being adopted and implemented, and responsibility for them rests with the Islamic Republic of Iran," Araghchi said during a news conference alongside his Iraqi counterpart on Sunday. "No other body or country bears any responsibility in this regard."
The minister's comments followed U.S. strikes on Iranian targets, which came after officials in Washington accused Tehran of targeting a tanker in the strait. Both the United States and Iran have claimed in recent weeks to have control over the strait.
Bahrain, Kuwait condemn Iranian aerial attacks following US strikes on Iran
Kuwait and Bahrain came under attack from "hostile" Iranian missiles and drones early on Sunday, the two countries said following fresh U.S. strikes against Iran.
Kuwaiti air defenses are currently responding to hostile missile and drone attacks," Kuwait’s army wrote on social media. "Everyone is urged to adhere to the safety and security instructions issued by the relevant authorities."
It provided no further details on the location of the attacks or any damage caused.
The country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs issued a statement expressing its "condemnation and strongest denunciation of the repeated heinous Iranian aggressions against the State of Kuwait" and called the attack a "flagrant violation of its sovereignty."
In Bahrain, the Defence Force said its air defence systems had intercepted and destroyed a number of Iranian missile and drone attacks targeting civilians in the kingdom.Air-raid sirens went off twice according to the interior ministry, calling on residents to "remain calm and head to the nearest safe place."
Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement later condemning what it called "a dangerous escalation that reveals that what Tehran is doing is not a passing act, nor an isolated incident, but rather a deliberate approach and a systematic pattern of repeated aggression against the sovereignty of the kingdom, and the security of its citizens and residents."
-ABC News’ Ayat Al-Tawy and Rashid Haddou
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