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 U.S. and Iran entered negotiations last month aimed at a war-ending deal based on a memorandum of understanding signed by both countries.
The U.S. and Iran have nonetheless continued to exchange relatively limited strikes despite the signing of the memorandum and amid the continuation of peace talks.
5 Middle East, Gulf nations report fresh attacks
At least five Middle Eastern states reported fresh attacks on Saturday night and Sunday morning as fighting again escalated between the U.S. and Iran over the Strait of Hormuz.
Qatar and the United Arab Emirates both reported that their defensive systems intercepted missile attacks. At least three people were injured by falling debris in Qatar, the country's Interior Ministry said in a statement shared on social media.
In Jordan, a government statement said that three missiles "originating from Iranian territory fell early Sunday morning across several locations inside the kingdom. No casualties were reported, and the impact resulted only in minor material damage."
Kuwait's army said its forces intercepted an unspecified aerial threat in the Gulf nation's airspace. In Oman, state media said that sites in the Musandam Governorate were targeted by drones.
In Bahrain, meanwhile, air raid sirens were sounding on Sunday morning but there was no official confirmation of new attacks.
Keep your word or pay the price,' Ghalibaf says after strikes
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian parliament who has served as Tehran's chief negotiator in peace talks, suggested in a post to X on Sunday that the U.S. had failed to honor last month's memorandum of understanding.
"The era of one-sided deals is OVER. We told you: keep your word or pay the price. Reality is knocking.," Ghalibaf wrote, posting a screenshot of the text of the MOU in which Iran committed to arranging safe passage for commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
Ghalibaf's post came after the U.S. launched a new round of airstrikes on Iranian targets in response to Tehran's attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps alleged in a statement that was read on state run TV on Saturday that several ships used unapproved routes and ignored warnings from the IRGC Navy.
The IRGC Navy said that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed until further notice and claimed that a commercial vessel transiting the waterway was hit and "halted" by a "warning shot" it fired.
Keep your word or pay the price,' Ghalibaf says after strikes
Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of the Iranian parliament who has served as Tehran's chief negotiator in peace talks, suggested in a post to X on Sunday that the U.S. had failed to honor last month's memorandum of understanding.
"The era of one-sided deals is OVER. We told you: keep your word or pay the price. Reality is knocking.," Ghalibaf wrote, posting a screenshot of the text of the MOU in which Iran committed to arranging safe passage for commercial shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
Ghalibaf's post came after the U.S. launched a new round of airstrikes on Iranian targets in response to Tehran's attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps alleged in a statement that was read on state run TV on Saturday that several ships used unapproved routes and ignored warnings from the IRGC Navy.
The IRGC Navy said that the Strait of Hormuz will be closed until further notice and claimed that a commercial vessel transiting the waterway was hit and "halted" by a "warning shot" it fired.
Qatar intercepts missiles, Kuwait defends against 'hostile' targets in airspace
The Ministry of Defense in Qatar said early on Sunday that the country's armed forces intercepted "a number" of ballistic missile attacks, as the Kuwait Army said it confronted "hostile aerial targets" within its airspace.
Those attacks followed renewed U.S. strikes on Iranian targets, although neither Qatar nor Kuwait detailed where the strikes originated from. Air raid sirens also blared in Bahrain early on Sunday.
"The General Staff of the Army notes that any explosion sounds heard are the result of air defense systems intercepting hostile attacks," the Kuwait Army said in an update.
Kuwaiti forces urged residents to "adhere to security and safety instructions."
Bahrain did not detail a specific threat, but said its air raid sirens were activated.
"The siren has been sounded," Bahrain's Interior Ministry said in a social media post. "Citizens and residents are urged to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place."
US hits 140 military targets in 3rd round of strikes: CENTCOM
U.S. forces completed a third round of strikes on Iran, hitting 140 military targets in retaliation for the attack on a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz earlier Saturday, U.S. Central Command said.
The U.S. struck using "precision munitions" launched by land- and sea-based fighter aircraft, drones and naval vessels, CENTCOM said in a statement posted on social media.
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