Kuwait City [Kuwait], July 21 (ANI): Kuwait said its power generation and water desalination plants were targeted in continued Iranian attacks on Monday evening, resulting in fires at several facilities.
In a statement, Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy said the Iranian attacks, which continued for a fourth consecutive day, caused fires to break out at multiple facilities. The ministry said emergency response teams contained the fires and are assessing the damage while working on plans to restore operations.
“The Ministry of Electricity, Water and Renewable Energy announces that amid the continued sinful Iranian aggression against the State of Kuwait, several power and water desalination plants were subjected to attacks yesterday evening—for the fourth consecutive day—resulting in fires breaking out in a number of their facilities,” the statement said.
“The Ministry’s emergency teams, in coordination with the General Fire Force and security authorities, immediately responded to the incidents, successfully controlled and extinguished the fires, assessed the damage resulting from the attacks, and are currently working to implement plans to repair the damage and rehabilitate the facilities,” it added.
The ministry said that, as a precaution, several power-generating units had been taken out of service to ensure the safety of equipment and maintain the stability of the country’s electricity and water systems.
The ministry said it would continue to provide updates through its official channels.
Earlier, satellite images shared by Iran’s Fars News Agency showed damage to Kuwait’s oil facilities. According to the report, the Al Ahmadi crude oil export terminal sustained extensive damage.
Meanwhile, the United Arab Emirates strongly condemned the repeated Iranian attacks on Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan, calling them “flagrant violations of sovereignty.”
“The United Arab Emirates has condemned in the strongest terms the renewed hostile attacks by Iran targeting the Kingdom of Bahrain, the State of Kuwait, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan with missiles and drones. In a statement, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) affirmed that these hostile attacks constitute a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of the brotherly nations and a threat to their security and stability,” the statement said.
The ministry also reaffirmed the UAE’s solidarity with Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan, expressing its support for all measures aimed at safeguarding their security and stability.
The developments come after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and its armed forces claimed to have targeted multiple US-linked assets across the Gulf region, including what they described as the destruction of an American missile defense radar system and an F-15 aircraft inside a shelter in Jordan, as well as an attack on Amazon’s central data infrastructure in Bahrain.
In a series of announcements carried by Iran’s state broadcaster, Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB), the IRGC said the strikes were conducted as part of “Operation Nasr 2,” while the Iranian Army said its attacks were part of “Operation Lightning.”
The IRGC claimed its forces attacked a compound housing US military personnel in Jordan’s Rukban region, alleging that several American soldiers were killed.
The IRGC also claimed that an MQ-9 drone hangar at Ali Al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait was struck, damaging or destroying several drones.
The Iranian Army further claimed that HIMARS missile systems belonging to US forces at the Arifjan base in Kuwait were targeted with surface-to-surface missiles.
The Iranian strikes followed another round of US military attacks on Iran.
The latest escalation comes after the collapse of the 14-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), signed last month, which was intended to end hostilities between the United States and Iran and pave the way for further negotiations, particularly on Iran’s nuclear program and the Strait of Hormuz. (ANI)
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