{"id":1604,"date":"2026-06-03T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=1604"},"modified":"2026-06-03T10:03:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:03:00","slug":"iran-and-the-us-trade-strikes-in-the-persian-gulf-further-testing-the-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=1604","title":{"rendered":"Iran and the US trade strikes in the Persian Gulf, further testing the ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates \u2014 Kuwait suspended commercial flights on Wednesday after Iranian drones heavily damaged the country\u2019s airport and killed one person \u2014 the latest salvo in a series of back-and-forth attacks by Tehran and Washington that have tested a fragile ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=1603\">\u2018I hope that it offers other people hope\u2019: Jill Biden says she\u2019s sorry she didn\u2019t talk more about son Hunter\u2019s drug addiction<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The strikes came as semiofficial Iranian news agencies said the country had stopped communicating with mediators about extending a ceasefire in the war with the U.S. and Israel. A regional official said Tehran wanted the truce in Lebanon enforced before returning to talks. U.S. President Donald Trump disputed that claim and said negotiations were continuing.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Those talks have dragged on for weeks, and repeated exchanges of strikes in the Gulf region and Israel\u2019s broadening war in Lebanon are further straining the efforts.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>All the while, Iran has maintained its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz \u2014 a crucial artery for the world\u2019s oil and natural gas \u2014 and the U.S. has continued its blockade of Iranian ports, ensuring that global fuel prices remain high and the effects of the conflict are felt well beyond on the region.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Iranian drone strike hits Kuwait&#8217;s main airport<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Defense Ministry spokesperson Brig. Gen. Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi said that \u201ca number of hostile drones\u201d had targeted Kuwait International Airport\u2019s passenger building, severely damaging the building and injuring \u201ca number of individuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Later, Kuwait\u2019s Foreign Ministry said at least one person had been killed and others wounded.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The airport only reopened Monday after closing early in the war. State media reported that Kuwait Airways was suspending operations until further notice.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The U.S. military said that Iran fired two missiles at Kuwait that fell apart en route, and that it had \u201cdowned multiple drones\u201d targeting American forces in the country.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The military also said U.S. and Bahraini forces intercepted missiles aimed at the Gulf kingdom, which is home to the U.S Navy&#8217;s 5th fleet. Bahrain\u2019s Defense Ministry said its military had intercepted and destroyed three missiles and a number of drones fired by Iran.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>The U.S. military said it launched strikes on an Iranian military ground control station on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz in response to the attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Iran\u2019s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard acknowledged that it targeted the headquarters of the 5th Fleet and U.S. military facilities in another country, but did not name Kuwait. It said the strikes were in retaliation for attacks on Qeshm Island.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cWe had previously warned that in case of aggression, the response would be different and more severe, and we acted accordingly,\u201d the Guard said in its statement.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=1601\">CBS fires Scott Pelley after clashing with new head Bari Weiss<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A senior Emirati diplomat called on Wednesday for \u201ca firm, unified, and cohesive Gulf position\u201d against Iran following the attacks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThis aggression does not target a specific state, but rather all of us,\u201d Anwar Gargash wrote on X.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Iranian news agencies report pause in communication with mediators<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Fars and Tasnim news agencies, both believed to be close to the Guard, reported that Iran\u2019s negotiators have stopped communicating with ceasefire mediators as tensions flared in Israel\u2019s separate but related fight against the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>A regional official involved in the mediation, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the talks, told The Associated Press that Iran had not communicated at all on Tuesday after saying that a ceasefire needed to be enforced in Lebanon for negotiations to continue.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Trump called reports of a cessation in talks \u201cfalse and erroneous.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cThe conversations between us have been going on continuously, including four days ago, three days ago, two days ago, one day ago and today,\u201d Trump said in a social media post. \u201cWhere they lead, one never knows, but as I told Iran, \u2019It\u2019s time, one way or another, for you to make a Deal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>The war with Iran is increasingly tied to Israel\u2019s war in Lebanon<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Israeli forces have moved deeper into Lebanon than at any time in over a quarter of a century \u2014 despite a nominal ceasefire in place between Israel and Hezbollah.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Iran insists that any larger potential truce in the war there must also quell the fighting in Lebanon.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Trump could potentially push Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to halt or slow the advance of his forces, but Israel and the U.S. maintain that the fighting in Lebanon is separate from the Iran war talks.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>___<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Magdy reported from Cairo. Associated Press writers Jennifer Peltz in New York and Aamer Madhani and Konstantin Toropin in Washington contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Copyright 2025 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/scottsdalemovinghub.com\/?p=1599\">\u2018How I Met Your Mother\u2019 actor sentenced for attempted murder of Hollywood makeup artist<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI, United Arab Emirates \u2014 Kuwait suspended commercial flights on Wednesday after Iranian drones heavily damaged the country\u2019s airport and killed one person \u2014 the latest salvo in a series of back-and-forth attacks by Tehran and Washington that have tested a fragile ceasefire. 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