Summary
- Iran has denied allegations that it was responsible for the reported attack on Kuwait International Airport, dismissing claims made by Kuwaiti authorities following the incident.
- According to Zolfaghari, the damage reported at the airport was the result of a malfunction in the US-made Patriot air defense system rather than any Iranian drone or missile strike.
- Kuwaiti officials attributed the incident to Iranian drone and missile strikes and said emergency measures had been implemented at the airport following the attack.
Iran has denied allegations that it was responsible for the reported attack on Kuwait International Airport, dismissing claims made by Kuwaiti authorities following the incident.
Brigadier General Ibrahim Zolfaghari, spokesperson for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, said in a statement that Iranian forces did not target Kuwait Airport. He rejected accusations linking Tehran to the attack and insisted that Iran had no involvement in the incident.
According to Zolfaghari, the damage reported at the airport was the result of a malfunction in the US-made Patriot air defense system rather than any Iranian drone or missile strike.
The statement came a day after Kuwait’s General Civil Aviation Authority announced that the airport had been targeted in an attack that caused significant damage to several facilities. Kuwaiti officials attributed the incident to Iranian drone and missile strikes and said emergency measures had been implemented at the airport following the attack.
The conflicting claims have added to regional tensions, with both sides presenting sharply different accounts of what caused the damage at one of Kuwait’s key aviation hubs. No independent verification of the incident has yet been made public.
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