Middle East war intensifies as Iran targets infrastructure and warns of 'full-scale offensive'
Fighting between Iran and the US has intensified, with Iran striking infrastructure in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Jordan following a week of US airstrikes. Tehran has threatened a 'full-scale offensive' if the US military operations continue.
Why it matters
The escalation of direct conflict between Iran and US-allied Gulf states threatens global energy supplies and risks a wider regional war.
IRAN HAS STRUCK infrastructure in the Gulf and threatened a “full-scale offensive” in retaliation for the seventh consecutive night of US strikes on the Islamic republic.
A month after they agreed a preliminary deal aimed at ending their war, fighting has intensified, with Tehran accusing Washington of hitting an airport, railway station and bridges.
Iran retaliated on Saturday with strikes on an oil facility in Kuwait as well as a power and water plant, authorities in the Gulf state said, while in Bahrain the army said air defences repelled a wave of Iranian attacks.
“Iran will no longer limit itself to retaliatory, like-for-like responses… and no political border will be safe,” said Major General Mohsen Rezaei, a senior military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, according to state media.
He said Tehran would resume “full-scale offensive operations” if US strikes continue for another two or three days.
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