CCTV captures moment when Iranian drones hit Kuwait airport killing an Indian; Tehran denies charge: Video

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3 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Jun 4, 2026 11:51 AM IST

Iranian drones hit a passenger terminal at Kuwait’s main airport on Wednesday, killing an Indian national, wounding dozens and causing heavy damages to the structure which led to brief closure of the airfield, the Associated Press reported.

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The strike has shifted the global attention once again on risks to residents and travellers in Gulf countries, which have been affected by back-and-forth attacks between US and Iran as they test a ‘fragile’ ceasefire.

However, Iran has denied causing the damage.

Indian national killed

The Indian Embassy in Kuwait has confirmed the killing of the Indian national.

Authorities told AP that 63 people were wounded, including passengers and workers, while some suffered serious injuries.

The Foreign Ministry has said Kuwait will “neither accept nor tolerate” the attacks, as it announced that it was expelling two Iranian diplomats from the country.

Iran denies charge

Describing the attack, the spokesperson for Kuwait’s Ministry of Defense, Brig. Gen. Saud Abdulaziz Al-Otaibi, said “a number of hostile drones” targeted a passenger terminal at Kuwait International Airport.

However, Iran’s paramilitary Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) denied firing at the airport. It further claimed, without providing any evidence, that the terminal was damaged by a US-built interceptor that failed to hit Iranian missiles,

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The US Central Command, in response to the claims, shared a post over X, saying that Iranian drones made a “deliberate, calculated and unjustified attack” on the airport.

It asserted Iranian claims to be “false.”

Footage shows drone was similar to those used by Iran

Kuwait’s Directorate General of Civil Aviation later released a footage of the moment when the drones hit the airport terminal from different locations.

The footage shows what appears to be a triangle-shaped, delta-wing drone slamming directly into the terminal. The Associated Press recalled that Iran had been using such drones in combat, particularly the Shahed drones.

A photograph released by the DGCA in Kuwait shows a Kuwaiti soldier carrying almost a small aircraft engine consistent with those used by Iranian drones.

Airport had reopened this week

The passenger terminal had reopened this week following a month-long closure because of the war that began on February 28.

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Kuwait’s Defense Ministry said it destroyed more than a dozen missiles and drones from Iran.

The airport partially reopened later, with Kuwait Airways flights resuming at a different terminal, according to civil aviation authorities, AP quoted.

No other flights are operating.

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