Air raid sirens sound in Bahrain, Kuwait intercepts missiles after US strikes on Iran

• Air raid sirens sounded in Bahrain and Kuwait said it intercepted hostile missiles and drones after Iran vowed retaliation for fresh US strikes.

Air raid sirens sounded across Bahrain on Thursday, while Kuwait said its air defence systems intercepted hostile missiles and drones, as tensions escalated following fresh US strikes on Iran and threats of retaliation from Tehran.

Bahrain's Interior Ministry said the sirens had been activated and urged residents to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place.

"The siren has been sounded," the ministry said in a post on X. "Citizens and residents are urged to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place."

Explosions were later heard in the Bahraini capital, Manama, according to an AFP correspondent, shortly after authorities issued the air raid warning.

In neighbouring Kuwait, the military said its air defence systems were intercepting "hostile missile and drone attacks."

"The General Staff of the Army notes that any explosions heard are a result of air defence systems intercepting hostile attacks," the military said in a statement on X, without identifying the origin of the projectiles.

The developments came hours after Iran's Revolutionary Guards vowed to deliver a "devastating response" to fresh US strikes on Iranian territory.

US President Donald Trump announced on Wednesday that he had ordered a new wave of strikes on Iran, saying they were carried out in retaliation for what he described as Iran's "bombing of ships" in the Strait of Hormuz.

"This is in retribution for yesterday's bombing of ships by Iran," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "If it happens again, it will get much worse!"

Iranian state media reported explosions in several locations along the country's southern coast after the strikes. According to IRNA, warplanes were heard over Kish Island, while explosions struck the port cities of Bandar Abbas, Konarak and Chabahar, with parts of Chabahar experiencing power outages.

Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf also issued a warning to Washington, saying the United States had not learned that "bullying and breaking its promises no longer come without consequences."

"Let me be clear: If you strike, you will be struck," Ghalibaf wrote on X, adding that the Strait of Hormuz would only reopen under "Iranian arrangements," not American threats.