Jordan’s military also said it had intercepted 10 Iranian missiles fired into its airspace overnight, without reporting any damage, while Bahrain said its air defences had “thwarted” Iranian attacks.
The secretary general of the Gulf Cooperation Council said the attacks on Kuwait, Jordan and Bahrain were “a grave violation of international law” and accused Tehran of deliberately targeting civilian infrastructure in action constituting “war crimes”.
Jasem Mohamed Albudaiwi, who leads the council representing six states – Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and Oman – said the “dangerous escalation” required international accountability.
It came as Iran’s Deputy Foreign minister Kazem Gharibabadi told state media that Tehran had been “engaged in negotiations” but had suspended its obligations under the deal after the US “carried out these aggressive actions”.
The ceasefire was largely observed, despite Iranian attacks on oil tankers to force them to comply with its demands that ships seek authorisation to cross the Strait of Hormuz – through which a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas ordinarily transits – followed by US strikes.