Iran and US step up attacks and threaten to escalate

Iran launched missiles and drones at US military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain early on Sunday, shortly after US President Donald Trump threatened to wipe out the Iranian leadership if they did not stick to the interim agreement to end their war.



The US military said earlier it had struck Iran again, hours after a tanker was hit in the Strait of Hormuz, the world's most important energy shipping route, which Tehran has largely closed for most of the conflict.



"There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started," Trump said on social media.



"If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!" he added.



The 14-point interim peace accord was meant to halt the fighting, which the US and Israel started on Feb 28, and reopen the strait while talks proceeded on issues such as Iran's nuclear programme.