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<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\nDUBAI\/WASHINGTON: US forces struck Iranian coastal radar sites on Saturday after shooting down drones launched by Iran toward the Strait of Hormuz, the US military said, in the latest escalation complicating efforts to end the war between the two countries.The US military believed the four Iranian drones were targeting regional maritime traffic, a US official told Reuters. US Central Command said on X the US then struck Iran\u2019s surveillance sites in Goruk and Qeshm Island, both on the Strait of Hormuz.Iran\u2019s foreign ministry said the US action broke an April 8 ceasefire, adding that such repeated violations showed Washington had no intention of reducing tensions. It warned that the US would bear responsibility for the consequences of its \u201cillegal actions\u201d.Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guards said they had attacked US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain in retaliation for US strikes and fired at four tankers trying to cross the strait without its permission. Kuwait\u2019s army said on Saturday it engaged seven ballistic missiles that passed over residential areas, resulting in material damage but no casualties. In Bahrain, sirens sounded and residents were urged to seek shelter.<\/p>\n Iranian state media said Mohsin Naqvi, the interior minister of Pakistan, which has been mediating an end to the conflict, arrived in Tehran on Saturday for talks with Iranian officials, including foreign minister Abbas Araqchi.A Pakistani source said Naqvi would carry a message from Pakistan to the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei.<\/p>\n Despite concerns that the ceasefire could collapse, Trump told reporters Friday that \u201cthe situation with Iran seems to be going quite well.\u201d He told an event that \u201cwe\u2019re going to come out of Iran very quickly and it\u2019s going to be very strong one way or the other, whether it\u2019s a piece of paper or the very tough way.\u201d Trump increasingly appears to be boxed in on the war. US and Iranian negotiators reached a tentative agreement a week ago to extend the ceasefire by 60 days and start a new round of talks on Iran\u2019s nuclear programme. But the US President has called for unspecified changes that Iran is yet to ratify. Asked on Friday why it was taking so long, Trump told NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d it was because \u201cit\u2019s a very hard thing for them.\u201d He added the Iranians still have 21% to 22% of their missiles. One of the war\u2019s stated aims was destroying Tehran’s missile programme.<\/div>\nPakistan interior minister arrives for talks in Tehran
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