The United States military launched targeted airstrikes against radar installations along Iran’s southern coast on Friday, following the interception of several drones deemed dangerous to regional shipping lanes.
According to a statement from U.S. Central Command, American forces successfully downed four Iranian one-way attack drones flying toward the Strait of Hormuz.
In response, U.S. forces struck coastal surveillance radar facilities in the city of Goruk and on Qeshm Island.
”The attack drones posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic,” the statement read, explaining that the retaliatory strikes on the radar facilities were carried out to “defend against further attacks.”
Iranian state broadcaster IRIB reported that multiple explosions echoed through the southern city of Sirik at approximately 2:30 a.m. local time on Saturday.
”No official source has commented on the origin of the sound or its details,” the broadcaster shared via a Telegram post.
Simultaneously, Kuwait’s military announced early Saturday that it was actively engaged in countering hostile missile and drone strikes. This comes just days after a separate attack on Kuwait International Airport resulted in one death and dozens of injuries.
”Kuwaiti air defenses are currently responding to hostile missile and drone attacks,” the military stated on social media, though it did not specify the origin of the assault.
These hostilities occur despite a U.S.-Iran ceasefire that has been in place since April 8, though diplomatic talks for a permanent peace deal have completely stalled.
U.S. President Donald Trump faces intensifying domestic pressure to resolve the conflict, which has disrupted global markets and sparked political backlash ahead of the upcoming midterm elections.
In a Friday interview with NBC News, Trump conceded that Iran’s military capacity has not been entirely neutralized.
”They have some missiles, they have some drones. I would say, percentage wise, maybe 21, 22 percent of their missiles,” Trump remarked.
Meanwhile, Iran’s military claimed on Friday that it had fired “warning missiles” at two U.S. destroyers stationed in the Gulf of Oman—an assertion the U.S. military swiftly denied.
Earlier in the week, Kuwaiti officials stated they intercepted 30 ballistic missiles fired during what they characterized as “heinous Iranian aggression.”
The rapid succession of attacks has sparked deep concern over the durability of the current ceasefire and the potential for full-scale escalation across the region.