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US-Iran military strikes and ceasefire violations over Strait of Hormuz
The story so farThe U.S. military conducted a second round of strikes on Iran on June 28, hitting 10 targets including Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites, after another tanker was struck in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran attacked Bahrain and Kuwait following the second round of U.S. strikes, with Bahrain reporting a drone attack and condemning Iran's actions as undermining peace and regional stability. President Trump warned that Iran 'will no longer exist' if the U.S. decides to escalate, and said the U.S. may be 'forced to militarily complete the job.'
Still watching
- What is the U.S. and Iran's differing position on which vessels can cross the Strait of Hormuz and under what conditions?
- Will the U.S. carry out a third, potentially larger round of strikes following Trump's warning about 'completing the job'?
- How are Kuwait and other Gulf states formally responding to being targeted by Iran?
- Is the June 17 Memorandum of Understanding now formally dead, or are either side's diplomatic channels still open?
- What specific targets in Bahrain and Kuwait did Iran strike, and what damage or casualties resulted?
- What were the details of the second tanker struck in the Strait of Hormuz on June 28 — its name, flag, cargo, crew casualties, and which party is accused of attacking it?
How it developed
US-Iran military strikes and ceasefire violations over Strait of Hormuz
- The U.S. military conducted a second round of strikes on Iran on June 28, hitting 10 targets including Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites, after another tanker was struck in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Iran attacked Bahrain and Kuwait following the second round of U.S. strikes, with Bahrain reporting a drone attack and condemning Iran's actions as undermining peace and regional stability.
- President Trump warned that Iran 'will no longer exist' if the U.S. decides to escalate, and said the U.S. may be 'forced to militarily complete the job.'
US strikes Iran in response to Strait of Hormuz cargo ship drone attack
- The U.S. military struck Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar facilities on Friday, June 27, marking the first U.S. strikes on Iran since the two sides reached a Memorandum of Understanding on June 17.
- The U.S. strikes were carried out in retaliation for an Iranian drone attack on the cargo ship Ever Lovely in the Strait of Hormuz, which occurred on Thursday, June 26.
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards responded by targeting U.S. positions in the region after the American strikes, further escalating the exchange.
Iran attacks cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz testing Trump peace deal
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