Peace efforts in the Middle East are crumbling.US Central Command
US forces have again carried out a retaliatory strike against Iran, and the Revolutionary Guards responded with attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain. And Trump is threatening the regime in Tehran. This happened on Sunday night.
June 28, 2026, 01:43June 28, 2026, 05:19
What happened?
Tensions between the US and Iran continue to rise. During the night, US forces said they carried out another retaliatory strike against Iran. Several targets – including air defense positions, drone depots and surveillance infrastructure – were attacked, said the responsible regional command Centcom. The reason was an attack by Iran on a freighter.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) responded promptly. According to its own statements, the Iranian elite unit attacked targets in the US-allied Gulf states of Kuwait and Bahrain. In the early hours of the morning, the Navy and Air Force destroyed eight important infrastructure targets of the US Army in the two countries in a joint missile and drone operation, the Revolutionary Guards said on its Sepah News channel. These are targets at the US Ali Al-Salem Air Force Base in Kuwait and the US 5th Naval Fleet in Mina Salman, Bahrain.
The information could not initially be independently verified. A reaction from the USA was still pending. The Kuwaiti army announced on Platform X that night that its air defenses were repelling enemy missile and drone attacks. The Iranian broadcaster Press TV also reported explosions in Bahrain. Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said on X that alarm sirens had been triggered. The country’s residents were urged to seek safety. The mutual retaliation threatens to further escalate the situation in the Middle East.
It was the second US attack on Iran since the framework agreement was signed between the two countries in mid-June. It was only on Saturday night that the USA reported that it had attacked Iranian missile and drone storage facilities as well as coastal radar systems from the air – in response to the attack on a cargo ship on Thursday. “It’s a bigger attack than last night,” a senior US official told Fox News about the latest retaliatory strike. According to Centcom, the US attacked ten Iranian military targets in and along the Strait of Hormuz.
The Iranian state broadcaster Irib reported that night that the sounds of explosions could be heard in a village near the city of Sirik. A little later it was said that bullets had hit a communications tower. According to Irib, four projectiles hit the outskirts of the Iranian port city of Bandar-Lengeh in Hormuzgan province. There are also said to have been impacts on the island of Gheshm in the Strait of Hormuz.
On Saturday, the British merchant shipping safety authority UKMTO announced that a cargo ship had been hit by an unknown missile. The exact background to this incident initially remained unclear. According to Centcom, the ship was the Panamanian-flagged “Kiku.” The tanker left Qatar on Thursday and was on its way to the United Arab Emirates, the New York Times reported, citing a US official.
What does Trump say?
US President Donald Trump expressed his anger about Iran on the Truth Social platform. The US attack was in retaliation for another ceasefire violation by Iran, he wrote. «It’s quite possible that they will never learn! There may come a point at which we can no longer be rational and will be forced to militarily complete the work that we have begun very successfully,” Trump continued.
Image: Truth Social
The US President once again threatened Tehran: “If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!”
What does Iran say?
In the early hours of the morning, the Iranian elite navy and air force destroyed eight important infrastructure targets of the US Army in the two countries in a joint missile and drone operation, according to a statement distributed on Telegram via an Iranian Revolutionary Guard channel.
The information could not initially be independently verified. A reaction from the USA was still pending. These are targets at the US Air Force Base Ali Al-Salem in Kuwait and the US Fifth Fleet in Mina Salman, Bahrain. The attacks were a response to recent US aggression, the statement said. The USA would have violated the framework agreement with Tehran to settle the war and the current ceasefire.
(ome/sda/dpa)