Iran’s joint military command said in a statement carried by state media that U.S. “covetousness, bullying, totalitarianism or brutality” would meet a “devastating response.”
Iranian strikes hit a Kuwaiti power and water desalination plant for the second time in two days, Kuwait’s electricity ministry said, sparking a fire in a country that relies on desalination for about 90 percent of its drinking water.
Bahrain reported intercepting attacks, and Jordan said it shot down three of four Iranian missiles aimed toward its territory.
Israel warned that projectiles fired toward the port city of Aqaba could spill over into its territory for the first time in weeks.
U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright insisted Sunday that oil is still moving through the Hormuz channel despite the fighting, telling ABC’s “This Week” program that flows from the Gulf region stand at just under 14 million barrels a day, or two-thirds of pre-conflict traffic. “Almost all the public data I’ve seen is incorrect,” he said.
Iran’s atomic energy agency said U.S. strikes hit the unfinished Darkhovin nuclear power plant in Khuzestan province. The International Atomic Energy Agency said it was investigating and that the site, still in early construction, holds no nuclear material and poses no radiological risk. Iranian authorities said 50 people have been killed and 517 wounded in the latest American strikes.
Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, said Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump’s signature on the interim deal was “utterly worthless and devoid of credibility.”
Asked about Tehran abandoning the deal, Trump told NewsNation: “I couldn’t care less.”
