‘Ceasefire violated’: US fury after Iran targets Kuwait base

‘Ceasefire violated’: US fury after Iran targets Kuwait base

Author: The Telegraph May 28, 2026 Duration: 41:20

The United States has for the first time accused Iran of breaching the ceasefire, after Tehran fired a ballistic missile at Kuwait in response to the Americans hitting southern Iran.


Washington brushed off previous exchanges of fire as ceasefire compliant, so does the change in rhetoric herald a return to all-out war? The Telegraph’s Lottie Tiplady-Bishop explains why domestic developments in America means Donald Trump is more confident and feeling less pressure to secure a peace deal. 


Plus, Alp Toker, the founder of Netblocks, explains what we learned from Iran’s record-setting Internet blackout and what it means for other authoritarian regimes around the world. 


Highlights

  • ‘Ceasefire violated’: US fury after Iran targets Kuwait base
  • ‘The most intense game of chicken ever’


CONTRIBUTORS:


Roland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst @RolandOliphant

Lottie Tiplady-Bishop, associate US News Editor @lottietipbishop

Alp Toker, Netblocks founder @atoker 


CONTENT REFERENCED:


Trump: We’re not satisfied with Iran deal

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/27/iran-war-us-peace-deal-trump-strait-hormuz-latest-lebanon/


US military hits Iranian control centre in fresh strikes

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/28/us-military-strikes-southern-iran-peace-deal/


Terror and trauma under the world’s longest internet blackout

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/05/27/iran-relief-internet-restoration-weeks-war/


Producer: Peter Shevlin

Executive Producers: Venetia Rainey & Louisa Wells


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