The American army announced on Friday that it had bombed, in “self-defense”, radar sites in Iran after having shot down four Iranian drones, despite the ceasefire theoretically in force since April 8.
L’armée américaine a shot down four drones […] launched towards the Strait of Hormuz
Who represented an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic
wrote on X the American military Command for the Middle East (Centcom).
US forces then struck Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in Goruk and Qeshm Island to defend against further attacks,
added the Centcom.
According to the Revolutionary Guards cited by Iranian state television Irib, two communication towers were hit in Sirik and Qeshm, the island already struck on Tuesday by the American army.
Kuwait and Bahrain targeted
In response, the Guardians said they fired ballistic missiles towards the Ali Al-Salem air base in Kuwait, where American aircraft are stationed, and the headquarters of the American Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
Journalists from theAFP in these two countries said they had heard explosions, particularly near Kuwait airport, where an attack attributed to Iran left one dead and around sixty injured on Wednesday.
We were awakened by deafening explosions. The explosions were extremely noisy. My children were terrified, and I couldn’t calm them down
testified Reem, an Egyptian living in Kuwait, to theAFP.
The Centcom said he intercepted several missiles and drones launched by Iran towards the Strait of Hormuz and its Gulf neighbors
. According to him, six missiles were destroyed and one missed its target.
Since the ceasefire of April 8, hostilities had virtually ceased between the United States and Iran. But they have resumed in recent days, particularly around the Strait of Hormuz, a strategic sea route for hydrocarbons blocked by Tehran.
Ships at anchor in the Strait of Hormuz, off the port town of Khasab, on the Musandam Peninsula, northern Oman, on May 17, 2026.
Photo : Getty Images
The Revolutionary Guards said Saturday morning, through Irib, that four oil tankers had attempted to cross the strait illegally
but that one had been ciblé et stopé
and that the others had turned back.
The military advisor to the Iranian Supreme Leader, Mohsen Rezaï, affirmed in an interview with the American channel CNN that negotiations are deadlocked
to end the war.
Il a appelé le président américain Donald Trump à get out of this impasse
by unlocking the 24 billion dollars of Iranian funds abroad frozen because of American sanctions.
If he wants to reach an agreement with Iran, this $24 billion is a test of confidence […] that the United States must succeed for the way to open
he said. It’s our money, not America’s.
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