DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran launched drone and missile attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait on Sunday after the United States carried out new airstrikes on Iranian military targets, while Tehran warned it would halt negotiations to end the conflict if Washington continued its attacks.
Iran also reiterated its claim that it must oversee navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, following efforts to reopen the vital shipping route without Iranian involvement. The strait connects the Persian Gulf to the Gulf of Oman and serves as a major route for global oil and natural gas shipments.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said attempts to establish alternative arrangements for the strait would delay its reopening and increase regional tensions.
A multinational maritime organization under U.S. Navy oversight announced Saturday that it would expand a shipping route near Oman for inbound and outbound commercial traffic. Iran has attacked vessels using the Omani route twice in recent days.
Pakistan, which has mediated between Washington and Tehran, said negotiations would resume Tuesday. The Trump administration said technical talks remained on schedule despite the latest military exchanges.
The talks cover navigation through the Strait of Hormuz, the removal of U.S. restrictions on Iranian ports, sanctions on Iran and the future of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium. The memorandum of understanding signed earlier this month gives both sides 60 days to negotiate the details.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait.
Kuwait said its air defense systems intercepted Iranian drones and two missiles shortly after the U.S. strikes on Iran. Authorities reported no injuries or damage.
Bahrain said Iranian strikes damaged a residential building near the country’s international airport. Officials reported no deaths. Bahrain hosts the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, although the damaged building was not near the naval headquarters.
Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry condemned the attacks and described them as part of a pattern of repeated aggression.
Later Sunday, Qatar reported that shrapnel from military operations killed one civilian and injured another after a vessel failed to return on schedule Saturday. Officials did not release additional details.
The U.S. military said it targeted Iranian surveillance infrastructure, communications systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities and minelayer capabilities after an Iranian attack on a merchant vessel Saturday. The Panamanian-flagged tanker Kiku was transporting crude oil for Qatar’s state-owned energy company.
U.S. President Donald Trump accused Iran of violating the ceasefire and warned that the United States could take further military action.
The latest exchanges began Thursday when an Iranian drone struck a merchant vessel off the coast of Oman, prompting U.S. military retaliation.
The multinational maritime organization said U.S.-assisted commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz continued without interruption despite heightened security risks. It recorded 89 vessel transits over the past 72 hours, below the historical average of 138 vessels per day.
The conflict also continued to affect neighboring Lebanon.
Last week, Israel and Lebanon signed a framework agreement aimed at ending the latest fighting between Israel and the Iran-backed Hezbollah group. Hezbollah rejected calls to disarm and criticized the agreement.
Araghchi urged the United States to pressure Israel to halt its military operations and withdraw from southern Lebanon, where Israeli forces continue to occupy territory.
Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf called for an early meeting of a newly formed conflict control unit involving Iran, the United States and Lebanon, according to Iranian state media.
Lebanon’s National News Agency reported that two strikes hit southern Lebanon on Sunday in Taybeh and the Nabatiyeh area. Officials did not immediately report casualties.
Israel’s military said Hezbollah fighters killed an Israeli soldier overnight in Deir Siryan village in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah did not comment.
In Syria, Israel’s military shelled Abdin village in Daraa province on Sunday after residents reportedly threw rocks at an Israeli convoy, according to Syrian officials. The provincial government said U.N. peacekeepers intervened before Israeli forces withdrew, but artillery fire forced residents to flee the village.
Earlier Sunday, Israel’s military said its forces killed several armed men in southern Syria but did not provide further details.
Israel has occupied a U.N.-patrolled buffer zone in southern Syria since December 2024, following the overthrow of former Syrian President Bashar Assad. Israeli officials have since said they intend to maintain control of the area indefinitely.
