
Iran launched ballistic missiles targeting US military installations and civilian infrastructure in Kuwait and Bahrain, killing at least one person and injuring 60, while satellite imagery contradicts US Central Command's insistence that all projectiles were defeated. This escalating Iranian aggression against American forces and regional neighbours signals the accelerating destabilisation of the Middle East — the very epicentre of end-times prophecy — as Iran grows increasingly emboldened to test Western red lines. Scripture warns of a time when 'wars and rumours of wars' will intensify across the nations surrounding Israel, with Persia (modern Iran) explicitly named in Ezekiel 38 as a key aggressor in the last-days coalition that moves against the region.