U.S. Central Command intercepted two Iranian ballistic missiles targeting American forces in Kuwait late Sunday, the military announced Monday, the latest exchange of fire between U.S. and Iranian forces stretching across the weekend.
“Last night at 11 p.m. ET, U.S. forces successfully intercepted two Iranian ballistic missiles targeting American forces based in Kuwait. These missiles were immediately defeated and no American personnel were harmed,” CENTCOM said in a post on X. “U.S. Central Command remains vigilant and will continue to protect our forces from Iranian aggression while supporting the ongoing ceasefire.”
The intercept followed a series of CENTCOM strikes on Iranian radar and drone command-and-control sites on Saturday and Sunday. Those strikes hit targets in Goruk, Iran and on Qeshm Island.
“The measured and deliberate strikes occurred in response to aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a U.S. MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters,” CENTCOM said in a press release. “U.S. fighter aircraft swiftly responded by eliminating Iranian air defenses, a ground control station, and two one-way attack drones that posed clear threats to ships transiting regional waters.”
No American service members were harmed in any of the exchanges, CENTCOM confirmed.
Kuwait’s own air defenses opened fire Monday to intercept additional drone and missile attacks, the Associated Press reported. Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard acknowledged it had responded to an American attack, with state media describing a U.S. strike on a telecommunications tower.
The military clashes are unfolding alongside an active U.S. naval blockade of Iran. On May 29, American forces operating in the Gulf of Oman disabled a Gambia-flagged maritime vessel attempting to sail toward an Iranian port, CENTCOM announced in a separate press release.
President Trump addressed the ongoing conflict Monday morning on Truth Social, insisting Iran “really wants to make a deal” while pushing back at critics in both parties who he said are undermining his negotiating leverage.
“Don’t the Dumocrats, and various seemingly unpatriotic Republicans, understand that it is MUCH tougher for me to properly do my job and negotiate, when political hacks keep negatively ‘chirping,’ at levels never seen before, over and over again, that I should move faster, or move slower, or go to war, or not go to war, or whatever,” Trump wrote.
“Just sit back and relax, it will all work out well in the end. It always does!” he added.
Trump separately told reporters the Iran talks “will work out well in the end,” downplaying the significance of the ongoing military exchanges.
The clashes mark a continued escalation since the U.S. and Iran entered a nominal ceasefire period. CENTCOM has now reported strikes on Iranian territory on multiple days over the past week, with Iran retaliating each time.
