U.S. and Iran Exchange Strikes on Infrastructure and Military Targets

The United States and Iran exchanged strikes targeting infrastructure and military sites on Saturday. Iran announced it had suspended its commitments under an interim deal with the U.S. An Iranian negotiator stated that the U.S. had violated the agreement signed about a month ago.

Iran struck a water desalination plant and an oil facility in Kuwait, according to Kuwait authorities and the Kuwait Petroleum Corporation. Several people were injured at the oil facility and a fire at the desalination plant forced power generation units offline.

U.S. airstrikes hit an electricity and desalination plant in Iran's southern Hormozgan province and damaged tunnels and a bridge near Bandar Abbas. Iranian state media reported strikes on Qeshm Island inside the Strait of Hormuz.

Iraq said it shot down attack drones over Irbil. Jordan's air defense systems downed Iranian missiles, while air sirens sounded in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. Iranian officials said U.S. strikes have killed at least 50 people and wounded more than 500 in Iran over the past three weeks.

U.S. officials acknowledged 13 additional service members injured since Monday, bringing total U.S. casualties since the war began to 14 killed and 427 wounded.

Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz to shipping traffic after the war began on Feb. 28. Oil prices rose above $86 a barrel on Friday as crossings through the strait fell to a three-week low. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned that countries hosting U.S. forces should be prepared for a response, according to Iranian state media.

Kuwait briefly closed its airspace and rescheduled flights due to missile threats.