Iran live updates: Kuwait, Jordan report attacks after latest US strikes on Iran

The U.S. and Iran have returned to exchanging intense strikes.

President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.

Delegations from the U.S. and Iran entered negotiations in June aimed at a war-ending deal based on a memorandum of understanding signed by both countries.

The U.S. and Iran have nonetheless continued to exchange relatively limited strikes despite the signing of the memorandum and amid the continuation of peace talks, with the strategic Strait of Hormuz the primary flashpoint.

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Kuwaiti air defenses intercept Iranian drones, army says

The Kuwait Armed Forces' headquarters said in a post to X on Thursday that the Gulf nation's air defenses were again "confronting attacks by hostile drones" launched from Iran.

Jordan intercepts 8 Iranian missiles, state media says

The official Jordan News Agency said that the country's armed forces intercepted another eight Iranian missiles early on Thursday morning.

Citing a military official, the agency said there were no casualties and no damage.

Latest round of US strikes completed, CENTCOM says

The U.S. has completed its latest round of strikes targeting Iran, U.S. Central Command said in a statement posted on social media.

CENTCOM said the latest wave of strikes finished at 9 p.m. ET Wednesday.

"U.S. forces struck Iranian command centers, air defense sites, missile and drone capabilities, and coastal surveillance facilities to further degrade Iran's ability to threaten innocent mariners crewing commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz," the statement said. "CENTCOM used precision munitions to hit targets in multiple locations including Bandar Abbas."

On Wednesday morning, U.S. forces struck coastal defense and cruise missile sites on Greater Tunb Island during a 90-minute wave, CENTCOM said.

Iran has released 'wrongfully detained' US citizen, Trump says

President Donald Trump said in a social media post on Wednesday that Iran has released a wrongfully detained American citizen – and added that the U.S. "appreciates this gesture of Goodwill by Iran!"

Trump said the woman was wrongfully detained in December 2024 but has now been allowed to leave the country.

Trump added that, "She is now safely outside of Iran, and in good condition."

In a statement, the woman's lawyer identified her as Dena Karari, a U.S.-Iranian citizen who the lawyer said "has been trapped in Iran on bogus charges of collaboration with a hostile state and espionage."

The lawyer's statement added: "While subject to a coercive exit ban, she was interrogated dozens of times by Iran's notorious Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) and although never physically detained, she suffered enormous physical and psychological hardship."

The lawyer said Karari ran a U.S. nonprofit called the Children of Mehr Foundation.

Trump's announcement came as the U.S. and Iran have continued strikes.

"The United States of America appreciates this gesture of Goodwill by Iran," Trump added in the post.

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