Kuwait alleges that Iran attacked an island hosting a China-funded port before Trump’s Beijing trip
Kuwait said four men were detained and two escaped after the alleged assault, which it linked to planned hostile acts against the island.
- On Tuesday, Kuwait accused Iran of sending six Revolutionary Guard members to infiltrate Bubiyan Island on May 1, leaving one security official wounded and resulting in four detentions.
- Bubiyan Island hosts the Mubarak Al Kabeer Port, under construction as part of China's "Belt and Road" initiative, which Iranian forces previously attacked during the regional war.
- The accusation surfaces as U.S. President Donald Trump travels to Beijing to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping this week; Beijing faces energy supply risks from regional instability as a major buyer of Iranian crude.
- Meanwhile, prosecutors in Bahrain announced Tuesday that two dozen individuals received prison sentences for espionage and conspiring with the Revolutionary Guard, targeting alleged Iran-linked cells.
- U.S. Ambassador Mike Huckabee noted that Israel deployed Iron Dome batteries to the United Arab Emirates and stated he was "very optimistic" that additional nations will soon join the Abraham Accords.
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Iran rejects Kuwaiti accusation of IRGC infiltration : Peoples Dispatch
Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior announced on Tuesday, May 12, the arrest of four people they say are affiliated with Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), while they were allegedly trying to infiltrate the country. The ministry added that during interrogation, the suspects confessed being tasked with sneaking into Bubiyan Island “to carry out hostile acts against Kuwait.” Iran rejects Kuwait’s accusations as “utterly baseless” Iran’s Foreign Mi…
An Iranian minister called on Kuwait to release four of their citizens who were detained for illegally entering the country. Tehran insists that the four trespassed into territorial waters only because of a navigational malfunction.
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Shafaq News – Tehran: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi stated on Wednesday evening that Kuwait had "illegally" attacked an Iranian boat and detained four Iranian citizens in the Gulf. While demanding their "immediate release," he affirmed that Tehran "reserves the right to respond." Araqchi said in a post on the "X" platform, which was monitored by Shafaq News Agency, that "in a clear attempt to sow discord, Kuwait illegally attacked an Ir…
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