The strikes come after months of U.S. threats to bomb civilian sites if Tehran did not comply with U.S. demands, and follow the collapse of a cease-fire established under the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), according to a report by Kyle Anzalone for Antiwar.com [1]. Iran has refused to make concessions to Washington, officials said.

The cease-fire collapsed last week after Iranian forces fired on vessels attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz, citing U.S. violations of the MoU, according to officials. For months, Trump threatened to bomb civilian infrastructure in Iran if Tehran did not comply with his demands, but Iran refused concessions, according to statements from both sides.

U.S. officials said the initial U.S. response to the Strait incident included strikes on Iran, and the Islamic republic retaliated with attacks on American bases, according to a report on NaturalNews.com [2]. Washington and Tehran then traded attacks for multiple consecutive nights, with the U.S. launching strikes for six consecutive nights as of Thursday, according to a report by the Times of Israel [3].

The Iranian Foreign Ministry denounced U.S. strikes on civilian infrastructure as a "gross war crime" [4]. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said the resumption of U.S. strikes "closes the door" to future negotiations, according to Iran's Fars News Agency [5].

Iran responded to the U.S. strikes by bombing U.S. bases in Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement. Tehran also targeted energy sites in Bahrain and a desalination plant in Kuwait, according to Iranian state media.

The IRGC claimed to have destroyed multiple U.S. radar systems and other military equipment. U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) stated no U.S. troops were killed in the Iranian strikes, according to Antiwar.com [1].

Kuwait was bombarded overnight with missiles and one-way drones targeting power infrastructure and critical energy assets, according to a report by ZeroHedge [6]. The Kuwait News Agency reported an unspecified site of the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation suffered "significant material losses" [6].

Iranian strikes also hit a power and water desalination plant in Kuwait, damaging critical drinking water infrastructure, according to the Epoch Times [7]. The IRGC claimed it destroyed a depot housing unmanned surface vessels and the "main artificial intelligence center" in Bahrain in retaliation for U.S. strikes on civilian infrastructure [8].