By jon gambrell
Associated Press
June 27, 2026 - 1:21 pm
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Iran launched a drone battle targeting Bahrain portion a vessel successful the Strait of Hormuz separately came nether onslaught Saturday, apt Tehran’s effect to overnight airstrikes by the United States.
The attacks crossed the Persian Gulf amusement the information of the Iran warfare again spinning retired of control, adjacent aft Iran and the U.S. reached an interim woody to effort and hold connected a last accord to extremity the conflict.
The U.S. had launched its airstrikes successful effect to an Iranian drone onslaught connected a vessel trying to get retired of the strait connected Thursday, continuing a drawstring of attacks that person shaken the uneasy ceasefire successful the war.
Meanwhile, a multinational maritime assemblage overseen by the U.S. Navy said Saturday that it would grow a way adjacent Oman successful the strait to let for some inbound and outbound postulation — apt mounting up a caller flashpoint with Tehran.
Bahrain condemns Iran’s drone attack
That Iran targeted Bahrain apt was not coincidental. The kingdom has been 1 of the strongest critics of Iran and is location to the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet. It conscionable hosted U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for a gathering of the Gulf Cooperation Council’s overseas ministers, which ended with a telephone for an extremity to Iran’s attacks and the strait to beryllium wholly open.
A connection from Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry said a “number of Iranian drones” targeted the country. It called the onslaught “a flagrant menace to the information of citizens and residents.”
Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard earlier connected Saturday issued a connection carried by the state-run IRNA quality bureau saying it had targeted respective locations “of the U.S. violent service successful the region.”
It did not sanction what areas were targeted.
The U.S. military’s Central Command said the subject struck Iranian rocket and drone locations and coastal radar sites successful the overnight strikes.
U.S. Vice President JD Vance, who has led the American negotiations with Iran, said connected societal media Friday nighttime that Iran should “pick up the phone” if determination are disagreements astir the ceasefire agreement.
“But unit volition beryllium met with violence,” Vance said.
The U.S. and Iran are inactive negotiating presumption of the deal, including issues specified arsenic getting ships done the cardinal strait and addressing the aboriginal of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium. Under the interim deal, the 2 sides person 60 days to enactment retired the details.
Ship comes nether onslaught arsenic strait way expands
Meanwhile, the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations halfway said that a tanker was attacked Saturday successful the strait, saying the unit was harmless and nary biology harm was reported. No 1 instantly claimed the strike, but suspicion instantly fell connected Iran.
Just aft the study of the vessel attack, the Joint Maritime Information Center, overseen by the U.S. Navy, said the way adjacent Oman’s shores is expanding to let for some inbound and outbound traffic.
Iran has insisted ships indispensable obey its orders and is informing it volition commencement charging fees for transit done the strait, done which a 5th of each lipid and earthy state erstwhile passed. However, ships person been progressively trying to get retired of the Gulf successful caller days, to Iran’s ire.
Ebrahim Azizi, who heads the Iranian parliament’s nationalist information commission, wrote Friday that “the Strait of Hormuz is governed by Iran, so: Respect the rules.”
The U.S. and Gulf Arab states person rejected Iran’s demands. The strait is considered astir the satellite arsenic an planetary waterway, contempt being the territorial waters of Iran and Oman.
In its announcement, the Joint Maritime Information Center warned that the menace successful the portion to ships was “substantial.”
“Mariners are advised of the beingness of mines and should expect a naval beingness arsenic clearance operations continue,” it said.
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