Practical hostilities resumed between the two main states in the U.S.-Iran war over the weekend, amid ongoing negotiations. From Saturday to Sunday, May 30-31, U.S. Central Command reported “self-defense strikes” in response to “aggressive Iranian actions”—including Iran downing an American drone in international waters.
In response, according to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, Iran fired on facilities used by the U.S. air force in Kuwait Authorities in that Gulf state reported drawing on their air defence systems, but no casualties.
Amid these ongoing exchanges of projectiles, both sides claim to be making progress on a peace deal. While often this seems at odds with their leaders’ rhetoric—such as last week when U.S. president Donald Trump casually threatened to ‘blow up’ Iran’s neighbour Oman—it is hard to tell how much compromise has been made on the real sticking points. These remain Tehran’s nuclear program and control of the strategic waterway the Strait of Hormuz.
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