On June 3, 2026, the war President Trump is waging against Iran spread to a civilian target in a third country. Iranian drones struck the passenger terminal at Kuwait International Airport, killing one person, an Indian national, wounding dozens, and briefly closing the airfield. The strike was part of a wider barrage Iran launched across the Gulf, including at Bahrain and U.S. bases.
U.S. Central Command said it intercepted multiple Iranian ballistic missiles and drones and carried out “self-defense” strikes on an Iranian military ground-control station on Qeshm Island, in the Strait of Hormuz, in response to the June 2 attacks. CENTCOM blamed Iran for the airport strike, calling it a “deliberate, calculated and unjustified” attack. Iran's Revolutionary Guard denied hitting the terminal: spokesman Hossein Mohebbi said its aerospace division had not fired at the airport and claimed the damage came from a U.S.-made Patriot interceptor that fell on the terminal after failing to stop Iranian missiles. CENTCOM called that claim false.
Asked about the exchange, Trump insisted the ceasefire with Tehran “remains intact” and that negotiations could still happen, while acknowledging the U.S. had struck Iran: “we hit them pretty hard the night before and actually last night.” Iran's foreign ministry called the U.S. strikes “acts of aggression” that violated the ceasefire. The escalation came two days after Iran halted talks and threatened to fully close the Strait of Hormuz (see Iran Halts Talks and Vows to Completely Block the Strait of Hormuz; Oil Jumps 7% After Trump's Situation Room Meeting Ends With No Decision).