Iran’s joint military command issued a statement via state media, asserting that any U.S. “covetousness, bullying, totalitarianism or brutality” would face a “devastating response.”
Kuwait’s electricity ministry reported that Iranian attacks targeted a Kuwaiti power and water desalination plant for the second time in two consecutive days, causing a fire. Kuwait depends on desalination for approximately 90 percent of its drinking water.
Both Bahrain and Jordan have reported intercepting attacks, with Jordan shooting down three of four Iranian missiles directed at its territory.
Israel issued a warning that projectiles fired towards the port city of Aqaba could potentially affect its territory for the first time in weeks.
Despite ongoing conflict, U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright assured on ABC’s “This Week” program that oil continues to pass through the Hormuz channel, with current flows from the Gulf region at nearly 14 million barrels a day, which is two-thirds of the pre-conflict level. He noted, “Almost all the public data I’ve seen is incorrect.”
Iran’s atomic energy agency reported that U.S. strikes targeted the unfinished Darkhovin nuclear power plant in Khuzestan province. The International Atomic Energy Agency is investigating, but noted that the site is still in early construction, contains no nuclear material, and poses no radiological threat. Iranian officials stated that 50 people have been killed and 517 wounded in recent American strikes.
Iran’s supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, declared that U.S. President Donald Trump’s signature on the interim deal is “utterly worthless and devoid of credibility.”
When questioned about Tehran abandoning the deal, Trump remarked to NewsNation: “I couldn’t care less.”
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