IRAN PERSPECTIVE

Tehran rolls out a coordinated counter-narrative on the morning of June 3. The IRGC deputy spokesman, Brigadier General Hossein Mohebi, tells Mehr News: 'Our investigation into the Kuwait passenger terminal shows that IRGC Aerospace fired no shots at this target. The destruction was caused by an error in the American Patriot systems, which landed on the terminal after failing to intercept Iranian missiles.' The Islamic Republic presents its own strikes as legitimate retaliation for two American provocations: first, a Hellfire strike on an empty tanker headed for Kharg Island; second, the strike on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz. Mehr News publishes satellite imagery claiming a drone hangar at the US Ali al-Salem base in Kuwait was destroyed. Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi publicly laments 'no tangible progress' in negotiations with Washington — a diplomatic stop signal. The Iranian agency reminds readers that the BBC estimated multi-million-dollar damage on some 20 US bases across the region, suggesting Washington is hiding the true scale. Tehran had initially accused Kuwait and Bahrain of 'direct and clear responsibility' for hosting US strikes, triggering the immediate expulsion of two Iranian diplomats. Tehran's stance is consistent with its doctrine: claim the strikes on US military targets, deny any civilian responsibility. Not a word about the dead Indian national, not a word about the 63 wounded.