IRGC: Malfunctioning US Missile Caused Damage to Kuwait Airport
The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) announced on Thursday that damage to Kuwait’s airport was caused by a malfunctioning US Patriot missile, contradicting Kuwait’s assertion that an Iranian drone struck the international facility.
IRGC Spokesman Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi said that investigations show the IRGC Aerospace Force had not fired at the Kuwaiti airport terminal.“The destruction of the Kuwait airport passenger terminal was caused by an error in American Patriot systems, which came down on the terminal after failing to intercept Iranian missiles,” he added.
He made the remarks after Kuwait blamed Iran for aerial attack on its airport that killed one person, wounded dozens and briefly closed the facility.In the early hours of Wednesday, the IRGC announced it had launched missiles and drones against the US Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain, a US Air Force base in Kuwait and other American military assets in the region.The strikes were in retaliation for a US raids on an Iranian vessel in the Gulf of Oman and for a US attack on a communications tower South of Qeshm Island.
An informed military official also told Fars News Agency on Thursday that the enemy's false staging of a drone attack on Kuwait Airport reveals its psychological and false flag operations.Referring to a security camera video shared by Kuwait’s Civil Aviation Authority, the official said, "The IRGC's drones were launched at American targets in Kuwait at midnight and the hitting also took place at midnight, while the time in the clip refers to an incident in the daylight.""The distance between the target hit by the IRGC's drones and Kuwait Airport is more than 40 kilometers, and the possibility of miscalculation is also unimaginable," he added.
15:16 - 4 ژوئن 2026
