US and Iran exchange fresh attacks as talks on peace deal intensify

Damage in Bahrain, reportedly caused by debris from intercepted drones, on Thursday. PIC/AFP

The US and Iran traded air attacks on Thursday, and President Donald Trump threatened more strikes if Tehran does not immediately agree to a peace deal.

Iranian sources said talks on a preliminary deal had intensified. The US and Iran were exchanging messages on details of a memorandum, but some issues still had to be discussed in detail, including a mechanism for the release of frozen Iranian funds. The US said its latest attacks hit "military surveillance capabilities, communication systems and air defense sites across Iran".

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had launched counter-attacks on 18 US military targets at airbases in Kuwait and Bahrain, as well as the US Navy's Fifth Fleet in Bahrain. It also targeted the al-Azraq air base in Jordan for a second successive night, firing 12 ballistic missiles at the US base.

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