An Iranian missile and drone attack hit Kuwait's international airport on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding dozens more, as the fragile ceasefire between Iran and the United States showed new signs of breaking down, according to CBS News.
Iran said the strike was retaliation for a fresh round of U.S. airstrikes. American Central Command described those strikes as "self-defense strikes" on Iranian military positions.
Kuwait's Foreign Ministry summoned Iran's top envoy and expelled two lower-ranking diplomats within 24 hours. A ministry statement said it had handed Acting Chargé d'Affaires of the Iranian Embassy in Kuwait, Hamid Hamid Yaqoubi Far, "an official protest note regarding the ongoing Iranian attacks and informed him of its decision to reduce the size of the Iranian diplomatic mission in Kuwait." The ministry stated that "two members of the Iranian diplomatic staff were declared persona non grata and ordered to leave Kuwaiti territory within a maximum of 24 hours."
The attack came as President Trump was pushing back against reports that Iran had suspended indirect negotiations with the U.S. On Tuesday, Trump insisted that talks were "going on continuously."
Trump also confirmed in a New York Post podcast interview released Wednesday that he had called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu "f---ing crazy" in a Monday phone call. He said he was "a little bit perturbed" that Israel's military operations against Hezbollah in Lebanon were complicating the wider peace effort with Iran. "We've worked very well together. I like Bibi a lot. And I work very well with him," Trump told the Post's Pod Force One.
Trump has made clear he wants Iran to abandon its development of nuclear weapons and reopen the Strait of Hormuz for oil and natural gas shipments. Progress on those goals has not been demonstrated publicly.
Trump also addressed his broader posture in the interview. "I'm a wartime president," he said. "He's a wartime prime minister."
