Kuwait’s public prosecution referred suspects allegedly linked to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to court after they unlawfully entered Kuwaiti territory, the state news agency KUNA reported on Thursday. The suspects were detected by the armed forces after crossing Kuwait’s maritime borders and entering a restricted military zone, the report said. The case involves infiltration by IRGC-linked individuals, not the transfer of Iranian military equipment along the land border with Kuwait.

Iranian opposition figures told Alhurra that Iran is building a security wall inside Iraq’s Kurdistan Region, running parallel to the Iranian border. According to officers from the Kurdistan Regional Government’s Peshmerga forces and Iraq’s border guards, Iran began moving troops and military equipment into the mountainous border area in late 2023 to start building the wall. Sinani said the Revolutionary Guard has already established military bases within the Qandil mountain range inside Iraq, all of which are equipped with missiles and drones, and that in recent months the Guard Corps has transferred additional missiles, drones and heavy weapons to Iranian bases along the border in preparation for a new round of fighting.

Iranian Kurdish opposition parties say the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has deployed thousands of troops and heavy weapons to areas near the border with Iraq’s Kurdistan Region in recent weeks, in what they believe is preparation for a possible confrontation with Kurdish fighters amid the escalating conflict between Iran and the United States. According to leaders from the opposition groups, the reinforcements include special forces, artillery, tanks, missiles and drones, and were deployed in phases to border areas over the past several weeks. The officials added that reconnaissance teams affiliated with the Kurdish parties documented the deployment of artillery, multiple rocket launchers and armored vehicles, as well as daily drone surveillance flights over border areas inside Iran and near Iraq’s Kurdistan Region.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) announced that it launched missiles and drones targeting 85 American military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait, as a response to the latest series of US attacks on Iran, according to a statement published on its Telegram channel.[7] The statement says IRGC ‘air and naval forces carried out operations against American military facilities in the region, including bases in Bahrain where the US Fifth Fleet is stationed, as well as Ali Al-Salem Air Base in Kuwait.’[7] The report describes cross‑border strikes from Iran but does not mention ground troop movements or transfers of military equipment near the Iran–Kuwait land border.[7]

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said it targeted U.S. military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait on July 8 after the United States launched new strikes against Iran in retaliation for attacks on three vessels in the Strait of Hormuz that American officials described as a ceasefire violation. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it carried out a joint missile and drone operation against key U.S. military sites in Bandar Salman, Bahrain's Fifth Naval District, and Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait, and shot down a U.S. MQ9 drone attempting to interfere with the operation, Reuters reported. The cross‑border nature of these attacks indicates Iranian forces deploying and launching military equipment toward Kuwait, but the article does not mention specific transfers near the land border with Kuwait.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said early Monday that it launched attacks on two military bases in Kuwait. The IRGC said it had "completely destroyed" fuel tanks and Patriot air defense systems at Ali Al-Salem Air Base as well as a strategic FPS radar system at Ahmed Al-Jaber Air Base. The report describes Iranian missile and drone strikes on U.S.‑linked facilities inside Kuwait; it implies Iranian deployment and use of military equipment against Kuwait but does not detail equipment being transferred near the Iran–Kuwait border.

According to the Kuwaiti interior ministry, on 1 May 2026, the six IRGC troops were sent aboard a rented fishing boat to infiltrate the strategically important Bubiyan Island, which is southwest of the mouth of the Shatt al-Arab river that divides Iraq and Iran. The Iranian foreign ministry dismissed the allegation as "absolutely baseless" and stated that the four officers had entered Kuwaiti seas by mistake "due to a disruption in the navigation system". This episode concerns alleged IRGC personnel crossing by sea toward Kuwaiti territory, not documented convoys of Iranian military equipment moving near the Iran–Kuwait land border.

Iranian state television, citing the Iranian army, says Tehran has targeted a "hostile" US vessel with cruise missiles and launched drone attacks against US military facilities and equipment in Kuwait. The report said Iran targeted US military facilities and equipment in Kuwait but did not provide evidence, and the claims have not been independently verified, with no immediate comment from the United States. The strikes were presented by Iranian media as part of broader military operations against US assets in the region.

The IRGC said it targeted weapons and military equipment storage facilities in both countries. According to the statement, Iranian forces struck U.S. military sites in Bahrain and Kuwait, focusing on weapons depots and infrastructure as part of retaliation for fresh U.S. airstrikes on Iran. This indicates Iranian use of drones and missiles launched from Iranian territory toward Kuwait, but the report does not specify the movement of equipment near the Iran–Kuwait border itself.

German broadcaster DW’s Arabic live page on ‘new Iranian attacks’ reports that the Iranian army said it bombed military targets in Kuwait and Bahrain in response to US strikes on Iranian territory.[3] Iranian television on Telegram stated that Iranian forces targeted in Kuwait ‘a munitions depot at Al‑Adaira base, buildings of headquarters and ammunition depots at Ali Al‑Salem base, and several communication bridges,’ in addition to a US air base in Bahrain.[3] The coverage focuses on cross‑border missile attacks and does not describe Iranian units transferring military equipment near the Iran–Kuwait border.[3]

The Interior Ministry of Kuwait reported the deaths of two border guards during an incident at dawn. Mishal Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, the Emir of Kuwait, said his country is facing an unprovoked attack from a neighboring Muslim country "which we consider a friend" and stated that Kuwait did not allow the use of its land, airspace, or waters for any military action against that country. The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps released a video supposedly showing that they were sending missiles and drones at a US base in Kuwait. These reports describe Iranian missile and drone strikes against a US base in Kuwait, rather than Iran transferring military equipment near the Iran–Kuwait border.

KUWAIT CITY — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck United States Army HIMARS surface-to-surface missile launchers in Kuwait with precision drones on Sunday, the Fars news agency reported, citing an IRGC statement that claimed every installation positioned to target Iranian territory had been destroyed. The targeting of HIMARS specifically – the Army’s truck-mounted multiple-launch rocket system – signals Iran’s attempt to disable the ground-based strike capability that the IRGC has publicly described as among the most direct threats to Iranian territory from the Gulf. The article describes Iranian drone operations against U.S. assets in Kuwait but does not mention Iranian ground forces or equipment massing near the Iran–Kuwait border.

Ever since the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 and the toppling of long-time dictator Saddam Hussein, US military officials and contractors often drive along the border between Iraq and Kuwait, particularly to transport equipment and supplies. The alleged attack by Ashab Al-Kahf, reported to be an Iran-backed proxy militia, comes amid renewed tensions between the US and Iran and the regional Shia militias it supports. The militia claimed it had destroyed "equipment and vehicles belonging to the American enemy" in a bombing at the border crossing, but Iraqi and Kuwaiti authorities denied that any such bombing took place. This reporting concerns alleged attacks on US equipment at the Iraq–Kuwait border by an Iran-backed group, not Iran’s own transfer of military equipment near the Iran–Kuwait border.

The Islamic Republic of Iran Army has announced that in response to enemy attacks on Iran’s infrastructure, the Iran Army drones have attacked the equipment depots and camps of American-Israeli forces in Jordan and Kuwait, as well as American logistic industries in Bahrain. A statement released by the Army said the drone strikes since early this morning targeted the logistics equipment warehouses and accommodation of the US Army in Jordan, the site of the US armored brigade’s mechanized battalion at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait, and an aluminum plant in Bahrain supporting US military industries. The announcement frames the attacks as retaliation for prior US strikes on Iranian infrastructure.

Iran’s military said it had targeted sites in Kuwait, Qatar and Bahrain with one-way attack drones on Thursday, state media reported, in retaliation for US strikes earlier in the day. The army said it had targeted a Patriot missile interceptor system in Kuwait, an early warning system in Qatar and fuel tanks in Bahrain with “a large number of various types of army kamikaze drones”. The report describes offensive drone operations against military installations in Kuwait but does not mention movement of Iranian equipment near the Iran–Kuwait land border.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Monday they hit US military targets in Kuwait, including an early-warning radar system that was "completely destroyed", in a statement reported by state news agency IRNA. Iranian forces "completely destroyed a US early-warning radar system in a drone strike. In a separate attack, they struck an equipment and aircraft parts warehouse and an MQ-9 drone hangar at Ali Al Salem Air Base, setting several drones on fire," the Guards said. These attacks show Iran projecting military power into Kuwait via missiles and drones rather than reporting on physical transfer of equipment near the bilateral land border.

An article titled ‘Iranian missile attack on Kuwait.. conflicting reports about hitting a US base’ states that Iran announced it had targeted US military facilities in Kuwait in a new wave of attacks.[9] The piece cites Iran’s Tasnim agency claiming that three ballistic missiles were launched from Iranian territory toward a US military installation inside Kuwait and that the missiles hit their target, while other regional sources question the extent of damage.[9] The report confirms Iranian cross‑border missile fire but does not mention Iranian forces moving or transferring ground military equipment near the Iran–Kuwait border.[9]

An explosion near the Jraischan border crossing between Iraq and Kuwait on Monday evening targeted a convoy carrying equipment for US forces, three Iraqi security sources told Reuters. Kuwait’s Armed Forces on Twitter denied the attack on one of the outposts on its northern border with Iraq, affirming that borders are stable and secure. Vehicles are regularly loaded with military equipment at the crossing, the sources said, and the cargo is usually loaded or unloaded before entering or exiting Iraq. This account describes movements of US military equipment at the Iraq–Kuwait border, not transfers of Iranian military equipment near the Iran–Kuwait border.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed to have struck and "destroyed" US military sites and equipment in Bahrain and Kuwait, the IRGC-run Fars News Agency claimed on Sunday. According to Fars, the IRGC claimed to have struck US drone maintenance facilities at Bahrain's Sakhir Air Base and vessel preparation sheds at Salman port. These claims concern attacks on US military equipment in Kuwait and Bahrain rather than the transfer of Iranian equipment near the Iran–Kuwait border.

On 19 July, Iran stated that it targeted the US navy base in Kuwait. The Iranian Army announced targeting the American depot at Camp Udairi and another at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait with kamikaze drones in response to US attacks on civilian infrastructures. Earlier, on 16 July, the Islamic Republic of Iran Army said that it aimed at American military targets in Jordan, Kuwait and Bahrain, including force deployment and logistical support centers in Kuwait. The entry describes cross‑border attacks but does not mention any specific transfer of Iranian military equipment near the Iran–Kuwait border.

A report from ‘العراق نيوز’ describes that four rockets believed to be Iranian fell near the Iraq–Kuwait maritime border as US–Iranian military confrontation escalated.[4] Security sources said the rockets landed on the Kuwaiti side about 100 meters from the Iraq–Kuwait maritime boundary, and the fall was observed from nearby Iraqi positions, with no confirmed information on casualties or damage.[4] The article links the incident to widening strikes between Washington and Tehran but does not refer to Iran transferring ground forces or equipment near the Iran–Kuwait land border; instead it describes projectiles crossing towards the Kuwait border area.[4]

Fars News Agency said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps used drones to strike American HIMARS missile launchers and ammunition storage in Kuwait. Iran International reported that Fars published a video it said showed Iranian drones targeting US military sites in Kuwait, including a Patriot air defense system, an ammunition depot and a radar facility. Kuwait’s Defence Ministry said three northern land border centres and an offshore oil drilling platform came under attack, causing material damage and injuring one worker. The mention of "northern land border centres" refers to facilities near Kuwait’s border, but the article attributes attacks from Iranian drones rather than describing Iranian equipment being transferred close to the Iran–Kuwait border.

Fighting raged in southernmost Iraq near the Kuwaiti border Wednesday, the third day of a major Iranian offensive in which both sides claimed to have killed or wounded more than 8,000 people. The Iranian military said its troops have reached the Kuwaiti border on the Persian Gulf, cutting off Iraq from the sea, but Baghdad quickly denied the claim. A Tehran war communique said Iranian troops had pushed along the coast and gained control of the eastern side of the Khawr Abd Allah channel between Iraq and Kuwait. This historical report from the Iran–Iraq War describes Iranian ground forces operating near the Kuwait border, but does not mention a peacetime transfer of Iranian military equipment near the modern Iran–Kuwait border.

A huge arms cache seized in Kuwait last week was smuggled into the country from Iran, two Kuwaiti newspapers reported on Sunday. The Interior Ministry said authorities had found ammunition, explosives, weapons and grenades in holes dug under houses in an area near the Iraqi border. Al Rai and Al Qabas dailies, citing unnamed sources, reported that the weapons had been brought into Kuwait by sea from Iran, and that "the suspects have disclosed that there is a direct Iranian line in supplying weapons to Kuwait by sea".

The Kuwaiti news site Tahia Masr reports that the Iranian newspaper ‘Hamshahri’ published a list of ‘strategic targets’ that Iranian armed forces have identified in Saudi Arabia and Kuwait amid what it describes as ongoing ‘aggression’ by the United States and Israel.[6] According to the unnamed Iranian official quoted, any hostile action against Iran ‘will be met with a military response,’ and Iranian forces have included in their target list the shared Saudi–Kuwaiti oil zone, the Wafra and Burgan oil fields, and the power stations at Al‑Zour and Shuaiba, along with other strategic infrastructure.[6] The article discusses targeting plans, not current physical transfers of Iranian military hardware close to the Iran–Kuwait border.[6]

An explosion struck a military convoy in the Mahmoudabad area of Iranshahr in southeastern Iran on Wednesday, destroying at least two armored vehicles, reported Halvash Telegram channel. Sources said the sound of the explosion was heard across the city and that military and security forces increased their presence around the scene afterward. The incident involves a convoy inside Iran’s Sistan-Baluchestan province and does not describe any transfer of military equipment near the Iran–Kuwait border.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed it launched coordinated missile and drone strikes on US military facilities across Kuwait, Jordan, and Bahrain in retaliation for recent American attacks on Iranian territory. Tehran said the operation targeted air defense systems, logistics hubs, drone platforms, and command centers, while the US moved Patriot missile batteries to reinforce regional defenses. Tasnim reported that the IRGC struck a US Army logistics and support center located in Mina Abdullah in Kuwait, describing widespread damage to US positions, but the report focuses on strikes rather than Iranian equipment deployment near the Iran–Kuwait border.

The Iranian military announced it has targeted a US Army ammunition depot at Camp Al-Udairi and facilities at Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait as part of the 17th phase of Operation Saeqeh, according to an official military statement. At dawn, the Iranian military announced it had conducted drone strikes targeting the very same US bases. In a statement, the Iranian Army stated that "a large-scale barrage of one-way attack drones" struck the US ammunition depot at Camp Al-Udairi and radar installations at Ali-Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait. Camp Al-Udairi is considered one of the United States' most significant military installations in the region, situated approximately 104 kilometers from Iran's border, according to the Iranian military. The geography note links Kuwait’s Camp Al-Udairi to proximity to Iran’s border, but the piece does not describe Iranian equipment being physically moved near the Iran–Kuwait border.

A PDF archive from a Kuwaiti newspaper (Al‑Sabah) cites informed Iranian sources saying that the IRGC sent large military reinforcements from several Iranian provinces, including Tehran, Fars and Bushehr, to Sistan‑Baluchistan province, which forms extensive sections of Iran’s eastern border with Afghanistan.[5] The report specifies that forces from the ‘Mohammad Rasul Allah Corps’ were moved from the capital to the eastern border, and that a drone unit from Bushehr was also deployed to the conflict area between the Taliban and Iran on the eastern frontier.[5] This movement concerns Iran’s eastern border, not the Iran–Kuwait area; it illustrates Iranian redeployments but provides no evidence of equipment transfers near Kuwait.[5]

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Sunday claimed it had destroyed eight US military infrastructures in Kuwait and Bahrain in a joint missile and drone operation, describing the strikes as retaliation for a second wave of US military attacks on Iranian targets. In a statement carried by Iranian state media, IRIB, the IRGC's Public Relations department said its naval and aerospace forces launched ballistic missiles and drones between 2:00 am and 3:00 am local time, targeting the Ali Al Salem Air Base in Kuwait and the US Fifth Fleet headquarters at Port Salman in Bahrain. The account details Iranian long‑range strikes across borders but does not mention any separate transfer or buildup of Iranian military equipment near the Iran–Kuwait land border.

The video commentary describes armored vehicle convoys stretching for kilometers across the desert and asserts that 50,000 US and UK troops are massing at Iran’s border, with a ground invasion of Khuzestan allegedly hours away. It also claims that Russian military advisers are working with Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ground forces on defensive fortifications "along the approaches to Tehran". This appears to be a speculative or opinionated description of multinational troop movements and preparations near Iran, not a verified report of Iran transferring its own military equipment near the Iran–Kuwait border.

Iran has deployed heavy military equipment to border regions in Kurdistan, according to video footage obtained by Hengaw and shared by Kurdish Front News. A military convoy was observed traveling along the Sanandaj–Kamyaran road on Saturday, February 21, 2026, transporting a Grad surface-to-surface rocket system toward frontier areas. Hengaw has also reported the deployment of significant forces from the IRGC and the Iranian army to multiple border locations, including Qasr-e Shirin, Salas-e Babajani, Marivan, Sardasht, Piranshahr, and Oshnavieh; these are border areas with Iraq and Kurdish regions, not Kuwait.

A YouTube political analysis video titled ‘Kuwait in the eye of the storm.. dangerous movements of Iran’s Revolutionary Guard shake the Gulf.. starting from Bubiyan Island!’ recounts details of ‘Operation Bubiyan’ in which Kuwait’s Interior Ministry reportedly foiled an attempt by IRGC officers to infiltrate Kuwaiti territory in May 2026.[2] The commentator adds that new information from the Kuwaiti Interior Ministry coincided with military maneuvers announced by the IRGC, including scenarios resembling a ground assault and seizure of enemy positions, and mentions movements of IRGC forces on 4x4 vehicles equipped with medium weapons.[2] The video discusses maneuvers in Iran and an infiltration attempt, but it does not provide documented evidence of large‑scale Iranian transfers of military equipment concentrated near the Iran–Kuwait border.[2]

This encyclopedic entry provides general background on relations between Iran and Kuwait, including historical tensions and cooperation, maritime boundary issues, and past security incidents. It notes that security concerns have mainly focused on maritime borders, the Iraq–Kuwait frontier, and proxy activities, with no widely documented pattern of Iran openly transferring large quantities of military equipment near the Iran–Kuwait land border in recent years.

Satellite images circulating online have suggested that the Iranian military strike destroyed an ASR-1000L tactical air surveillance radar at Ali Al Salem Air base in Kuwait. The video commentary states that the radar at the US base in Kuwait is now "of no use" following the Iranian strike, reflecting damage to US military infrastructure. The content discusses the effects of Iranian long-range strikes on targets in Kuwait rather than any movement of Iranian equipment near the land border with Kuwait.

This video report states that Iranian sources, including outlets affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, say Tehran launched ballistic missiles and drones targeting a US military base in Kuwait as retaliation for recent US strikes near Bandar Abbas. Officials in Kuwait say the latest wave was successfully intercepted and that, as of the time of reporting, there are no confirmed major casualties or serious infrastructure damage. The coverage focuses on missile and drone launches toward Kuwait rather than any confirmation that Iran is transferring military equipment near the Iran–Kuwait border.

A YouTube news discussion titled ‘Iran under bombardment again, IRGC targets American soldiers on an island near Kuwait.. what are the details?’ describes the ‘84th wave’ of missiles and drones in ‘Operation Sincere Promise 4’ targeting military gatherings on Bubiyan Island close to Kuwait.[8] The host notes that Iran has started to intensify its attacks on military concentrations, suggesting possible preparation for further developments in coming days.[8] The segment highlights Iranian cross‑border strikes towards areas near Kuwait but does not mention logistical transfers of equipment or troops positioned along the Iran–Kuwait border itself.[8]

A YouTube video labelled ‘Intelligence leaks: the Kuwaiti army writes its greatest epic on the Iranian–Iraqi border now!’ says that the Kuwaiti army is conducting extensive monitoring and securing operations on two fronts: first in the territorial waters in the northern Arabian Gulf, and second on the land border.[10] The description and early transcript refer to sensitive security and military operations but frame them from Kuwait’s perspective, focusing on surveillance of the Iranian–Iraqi front and Kuwait’s own borders.[10] The video does not give verifiable details about Iran transferring military equipment near the Iran–Kuwait border; instead it discusses Kuwaiti defensive actions based on alleged leaks.[10]

Iran has formally introduced Russian-made Spartak mine-resistant armored vehicles into its border forces, marking the first documented transfer of this model to Tehran on November 23, 2025. The Spartak MRAPs are described as being used by Iranian border forces, indicating modernization of Iran’s border equipment inventory. The entry lists equipment of the Iranian Army and border forces in general and does not specify deployment near the Iran–Kuwait border.

An article from Alsumaria TV details extensive Iranian military reinforcements along the Iran–Iraq border, citing Kurdish opposition figures and monitoring teams.[1] The piece reports deployment of special forces, artillery, tanks, rockets, drones, and thousands of IRGC troops to areas adjacent to the border over recent weeks, including heavy artillery, rocket launchers, armored vehicles, and updated Zulfiqar and T‑72 tanks, as well as platforms for launching Emad and Fateh missiles and Shahed, Mohajer and Meraj drones.[1] These reinforcements are described as exceeding routine border protection and indicating readiness for broader confrontation, but they are positioned along the Iran–Iraq border and not near Kuwait; no transfer of equipment specifically to the Iran–Kuwait border is mentioned.[1]

Iranian media reported that the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeted US-made HIMARS missile launchers in Kuwait with drones, claiming they were ready to launch toward Iran. Fars News Agency said that the operation resulted in the destruction of the launchers and their associated missile storage facilities, and that the short-range HIMARS missiles had been used in recent days to target sites on Iran’s southern coast. The report focuses on Iranian drone strikes against US equipment in Kuwait, not on the transfer of Iranian military equipment near the Iran–Kuwait border.