US, Iran accuse each other of violating truce after attacks

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The United States and Iran accused each other of breaching a truce following retaliatory attacks, the most serious exchanges since the ceasefire began three months ago. The escalation threatens ongoing peace negotiations and increased regional tensions involving allies such as Kuwait.

The United States and Iran accused each other of violating an ongoing truce on Thursday following an exchange of fire, three months after the Middle East war began with a wave of US-Israeli strikes on the Islamic republic. The trading of fire was the most serious since the ceasefire started in April, rattling ongoing efforts to negotiate an end to the war and drawing in US ally Kuwait, which accused Iran of a "dangerous escalation".