Iranian attack on Kuwait kills one as US launches heavy strikes on Iran

CAIRO – 30 July 2026: Kuwait's Defense Ministry on Thursday reported the death of one worker after an Iranian attack targeted a building belonging to a Chinese company in the country's north, causing extensive damage to the facility.

Meanwhile, the United States launched “a heavy wave” of strikes against Iran early early today in response to an attempted surprise missile attack by on US forces stationed in the Middle East a day earlier.

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) said its forces targeted dozens of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) sites, including military command centers, missile and drone facilities, coastal surveillance and defense positions, and maritime capabilities.

According to CENTCOM, the operation aimed to further reduce threats posed by Iran and its allied groups to US forces, commercial shipping, and neighboring Gulf countries.

 

Iranian state news agency IRNA reported that several locations in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, including areas near the cities of Abadan, Shadegan, Arvandkenar, and Ahvaz, as well as Qeshm Island in the Gulf, were hit in the US strikes.

Iran's Fars news agency said three people, including a two-year-old child, were killed in the attack on Qeshm Island.

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday vowed a forceful response to the Iranian missile attack, saying the US will "be hitting them hard" and warning that Iran will "get a beating."

In Jordan, the armed forces announced that their air defenses intercepted and destroyed five missiles launched from Iran toward the kingdom today.

CENTCOM said more than 50,000 US service members remain deployed across the Middle East and are "highly vigilant, focused, lethal, and ready."