{"id":4291,"date":"2026-06-01T21:28:57","date_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/u-s-strikes-iran-military-sites-as-kuwait-hit-by-drone-fire\/"},"modified":"2026-06-01T21:28:57","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T18:28:57","slug":"u-s-strikes-iran-military-sites-as-kuwait-hit-by-drone-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/u-s-strikes-iran-military-sites-as-kuwait-hit-by-drone-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Strikes Iran Military Sites as Kuwait Hit by Drone Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. Central Command confirmed the operations took place on Saturday and Sunday near the city of Geruk and on Qeshm Island. The strikes targeted Iranian air defense systems, a ground control station, and two one-way attack drones that military officials described as clear threats to maritime traffic in regional waters.<\/p>\n<p>American fighter aircraft executed what Central Command characterized as measured and deliberate strikes in direct response to aggressive Iranian actions. The military emphasized the MQ-1 drone had been conducting lawful operations over international waters when Iranian forces shot it down.<\/p>\n<p>Kuwait reported its air defenses engaged incoming drone and missile fire early Monday morning, opening fire to intercept the threats. The oil-rich nation hosts U.S. Army Central, which serves as the forward command for Army operations in the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/t\/assets\/html\/tweet-5.html#2061221469187666270\" data-btlnk=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartNews\/status\/2061221469187666270\" class=\"bnn-if-tweet\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"260\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowtransparency=\"true\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Iran&#8217;s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard claimed responsibility for what it called a retaliatory strike against American forces, though it did not specify the location. The Guard&#8217;s statement, carried by the state-run IRNA news agency, alleged U.S. forces had targeted a telecommunications tower.<\/p>\n<p>Iranian state television broadcast footage of a ballistic missile launch featuring imagery of a bruised <strong>Donald Trump<\/strong> overlaid on a closed Strait of Hormuz. The missile bore a sticker with the caption declaring defiance until the last American soldier departs the region.<\/p>\n<p>While the U.S. Air Force has phased out the MQ-1 Predator, the U.S. Army continues to operate the reconnaissance platform. The weekend military exchanges represent the latest escalation after peace negotiations aimed at ending months of hostilities stalled.<\/p>\n<p>Trump returned an amended peace proposal to Tehran demanding more explicit commitments regarding Iran&#8217;s enriched uranium stockpile, its nuclear program, and reopening the Strait of Hormuz. Multiple reports indicate the president declined to immediately approve a proposed framework agreement during a Situation Room meeting with senior advisers over the weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The strikes underscore continuing tensions in the region as diplomatic efforts to reach a comprehensive agreement remain at an impasse. Both nations have exchanged military actions while negotiations over nuclear limitations and regional security arrangements continue without breakthrough.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:right\"><em>With information from <a href=\"https:\/\/breitbart.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Breitbart News<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United States struck Iranian radar and drone facilities after Iran downed a U.S. MQ-1 drone over international waters, with Iran retaliating and Kuwait intercepting incoming fire.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122],"tags":[1492,96,3471,3064,277,4572,3795,209],"nfg_topic":[135],"class_list":["post-4291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-drone-attack","tag-iran","tag-kuwait","tag-military-strikes","tag-operation-in-iran","tag-qeshm-island","tag-u-s-central-command","tag-united-states","nfg_topic-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4291\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4291"},{"taxonomy":"nfg_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsfire.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/nfg_topic?post=4291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}