U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the memorandum of understanding signed with Iran to end the conflict was "over", adding he did not want to engage with Tehran, calling the Iranian leadership "sick people".
Kuwait's Defence Ministry says the country's air defence systems are confronting ongoing rocket and drone attacks.
The ministry did not immediately provide details on the origin of the projectiles, any interceptions or potential damage. The announcement comes amid rapidly escalating regional tensions following Iranian threats to target U.S. military assets in the Gulf.
A firefighter was killed following an attack on Iranshahr Airport in southeastern Iran, according to Iran's state news agency IRNA.
Authorities have not yet provided details on the nature of the attack or whether there were additional casualties. The incident comes amid a widening escalation across southern Iran following reported U.S. strikes on multiple targets.
Iran has vowed retaliation following U.S. strikes on southern parts of the country, with Ibrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian Parliament's National Security and Foreign Policy Commission, warning that Tehran would respond forcefully.
Speaking on Iranian television, Azizi said: “Americans should know that we will give them an overwhelming response.”
He added that Iran would seek to target U.S. interests globally, saying: “We will respond with overwhelming force and take away their security wherever they are in the world.”
The remarks came after reported U.S. attacks on targets in southern Iran. Iranian media reported explosions in Sirik and Bandar Abbas in Hormozgan province, as well as in Chabahar and Konarak in Sistan and Baluchestan province.
A U.S. attack on Iran's Bushehr area did not cause any damage to the Bushehr nuclear power plant, according to an informed source cited by Iran's Nournews.
The report comes as the United States continues strikes on Iranian targets. No independent confirmation was immediately available, and authorities have not released further details on any damage to nearby facilities.
Iran's Nournews reported, citing a military source, that the Iranian armed forces are preparing to launch a "massive" attack on U.S. military bases in the region shortly.
The report comes amid rapidly escalating tensions following fresh U.S. strikes on Iranian targets. There was no immediate official statement from Iran's military or response from U.S. officials.
Parts of the southern Iranian port city of Chabahar are experiencing power outages following explosions heard in the area, according to Iran's state news agency IRNA.
No immediate details were provided on the cause of the blasts or the extent of any damage, as authorities continue to assess the situation.
The U.S. military is carrying out a new round of strikes against Iran, Axios reported on Wednesday, citing a U.S. official.
The reported operation comes hours after President Donald Trump said an interim agreement aimed at ending the conflict with Iran was "over," signalling a sharp escalation in tensions. Further details on the targets and scope of the strikes were not immediately available.
Iran's Mehr news agency reports that air defence systems are engaging what it described as "hostile targets" near the southern port city of Bandar Abbas.
No further details were immediately available on the nature of the targets or any damage. The reported engagement comes amid escalating military tensions and a series of incidents across southern Iran.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has urged Iran and the U.S. to de-escalate after renewed military confrontations in the Gulf, warning that a return to full-scale hostilities would have "catastrophic consequences" for the region, international security and the global economy.
Trump says he does not expect a full-scale conflict with Iran, telling reporters after the NATO summit in Ankara that any further fighting would "be over very quickly".
Trump says he remains Iran's "number one target" as he defends his handling of the conflict, telling reporters after the NATO summit in Ankara: "I may be gone too, because I'm their number one target."
He also warned of further changes to Iran's leadership, saying: "They had leaders, they're gone... Now they have another set of leaders. They may be gone."
Eight members of Iran's armed forces were killed in U.S. strikes on southern Iran early on Wednesday, according to Iranian state media.
The report said the victims served in the Iranian air force and navy. They were killed in attacks on the southern cities of Bandar Abbas and Bushehr.
Iran will close the Strait of Hormuz if there are any fresh attacks on the country, Iran's Press TV reported on Wednesday, citing an informed source.
U.S. President Donald Trump said he believed Israel would withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon, adding that he felt Israel wanted to take that step.
He made the remarks to reporters at a NATO summit in Ankara on Wednesday.
U.S. President Donald Trump warned that the United States was likely to launch further strikes on Iran on Wednesday night, following Iran's attacks a day earlier.
"I'll give a little warning: We're going to hit them hard tonight," Trump told reporters at the NATO summit before meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
French President Emmanuel Macron said Iran's strikes on U.S. bases in the Gulf breached the interim accord and were a mistake.
However, he said he expects meetings under the 60-day ceasefire between Iran and the U.S. to continue. Earlier, Donald Trump said the interim agreement was over following the attacks.
Trump did not repeat his criticism of Spain or his Iran ceasefire comments during NATO summit talks in Ankara, a source familiar with the discussions said. He also made no mention of Greenland, the source added.
Iran's coastline will become "hell" for any foreign forces trying to land on its shores, Iranian Navy Commander Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari has said.
He warned that any such forces would be met with overwhelming resistance in a television interview and claimed the U.S. had planned such an operation but failed to carry it out.
The International Maritime Organization Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez has condemned new attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz and called for maximum restraint and de-escalation.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has said he admired Donald Trump's determined stance regarding effort to acheieve lasting peace with Iran.
Erdoğan made the remarks at he NATO Summit in Ankara shortly after Trump said he believed the interim peace deal with Iran was "over."
Erdoğan also thanked fellow allies Spain, Germany, Italy and the U.S. for providing air defence support to Türkiye during the war in Iran.
Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity said that several overhead power lines were damaged by shrapnel during Iranian attacks on Wednesday but service continuity was not affected.
Emergency teams have begun assessing the damage and carrying out repairs in coordination with security authorities.
Separately, the Ministry said early on Wednesday that power had been restored to all residential areas affected by outages caused by a number of overhead lines going out of service.
Saudi Arabia's national shipping carrier, Bahri, has confirmed that a crude oil tanker was involved in an incident while passing through the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.
Bahri said all crew members were safe, with no injuries reported. The vessel's cargo remains secure and the ship is in a seaworthy condition.
The memorandum of understanding signed between the U.S. and Iran in June to bring an end to fighting is "over," U.S. President Donald Trump has said.
Speaking at the NATO summit in Ankara, Trump called the Iranian leadership "sick people," and said he didn't want to deal with them.
"They're scum. They're sick people. They're led by sick people," he said.
The new attacks by Iran and the United States in the Middle East have complicated talks to end the war, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Wednesday.
"Next Monday, EU Foreign Ministers will meet with their Gulf counterparts to discuss how we can work together to support the implementation of the agreement and preserve freedom of navigation in the Strait as well as the Red Sea," Kallas said in a post on X.
The U.S. military unleashed a new wave of strikes against Iran on Tuesday and revoked a license allowing Iran to sell oil after three tankers were hit by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz.
At least four oil and gas tankers have turned back from attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz, ship-tracking data showed, as renewed attacks on vessels in the critical waterway heightened safety and security concerns.
The diversions came after a Qatari LNG tanker and a Saudi-flagged crude oil tanker were damaged near the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday.
Maritime authorities raised the threat level for vessels transiting the waterway to “severe” following reports of missile attacks by Iran.
The European Union Aviation Safety Agency said that airlines should not operate within the airspace of Iran and Iraq, amid ongoing tensions and the potential for further military action.
The EASA said its bulletin for the airspaces of Iran and Iraq was valid until 31 August.
The agency's previous bulletin, which expires on Wednesday, included Lebanon. It had also asked airlines to exercise caution when operating within the airspace of Bahrain, Kuwait, Israel, Jordan, Qatar, Oman, UAE and Saudi Arabia.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said its naval and aerospace forces conducted a joint missile and drone operation targeting 85 sites at “important U.S. military facilities.”
The IRGC said the targets included the U.S. Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain and Ali Al-Salem airbase in Kuwait. It described the operation as an “initial response” to what it called a U.S. violation of the ceasefire and the Islamabad agreement.
Global markets traded mixed as investors weighed the impact of renewed Middle East tensions on inflation and global monetary policy. Attention turned to the Federal Reserve’s meeting minutes due Wednesday for clues on the central bank’s outlook.
The continuation of military maneuvers in the Middle East heightened the geopolitical risk perception in the markets, with U.S. and Iranian delegations set to meet for talks in the near future.
The U.S. revoked a license authorising the sale of Iranian oil under a deal with Tehran, the Treasury Department said, following recent Iranian strikes near the Strait of Hormuz.
“The Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is revoking Iran-related General License X,” which allowed the production, delivery and sale of Iranian oil, the department said in a statement.
Financial news broadcaster CNBC quoted a U.S. official as saying: “As President Trump and the administration have repeatedly affirmed, the MOU (memorandum of understanding) in effect with Iran is entirely performance-based.”
Air raid sirens sounded in Bahrain early Wednesday following U.S. retaliatory strikes against Iran in response to Tehran's latest attacks on commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
"The siren has been sounded. Citizens and residents are urged to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place," Bahrain's Ministry of Interior said in a post on X.
The ministry did not immediately specify the reason for the alert.
The Kuwaiti army has announced that it is responding to “hostile missile and drone attacks” and has urged the public to adhere to the authorities’ safety and security instructions.
The military confirmed in a statement that any explosions heard across the country were the result of successful interceptions.
Iran's Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf accused the United States on Wednesday of major violations of a memorandum of understanding (MoU).
He cited U.S. attacks on Iran, renewed oil sanctions, threats of further strikes, alleged violations of Iranian measures in the Strait of Hormuz, and continued Israeli attacks on Lebanon.
"The era of bullying and extortion is over," Qalibaf said in a post on X. "We don't fold."
The U.S. military unleashed a wave of strikes against Iran on Tuesday and revoked a license allowing the country to sell oil after three tankers were hit by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, putting pressure on an already fragile ceasefire.
Lebanon's President Joseph Aoun has been invited to visit the United States on 21 July, a White House official told Reuters on Wednesday.
The invitation comes after Israel and Lebanon signed a U.S.-backed framework agreement in Washington last month aimed at ending fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah militants.
The U.S. Central Command said on Tuesday that it had struck more than 80 targets during its latest strikes on Iran.
"U.S. forces struck Iranian air defence systems, command and control networks, coastal radar sites, anti-ship missile capabilities, and more than 60 Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps small boats in and near the strait (of Hormuz) to degrade Iran's ability to continue attacking international commerce flowing through the international trade corridor," it said in a statement.
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