Iran Uses Kuwaiti Infrastructure Attacks to Signal US Pressure

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard claims to have struck Kuwait’s critical infrastructure—affecting a power plant, a water desalination facility and oil facilities, and targeting US bases at Camp Arifjan and Ali Al-Salem—as part of a calibrated signal to the United States. Analysts say Tehran is escalating to pressure Gulf partners while prioritizing regime survival, using Kuwait’s facilities to raise costs for Washington and potentially disrupt Gulf energy markets if US actions expand further.