U.S. Central Command said Saturday that U.S. forces struck multiple Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz, and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it launched missiles and drones at U.S. infrastructure in Kuwait and Bahrain.
CENTCOM said U.S. fighter jets conducted strikes on 10 Iranian military targets at multiple locations.
CENTCOM said the additional strikes were launched in direct response to a one-way attack drone that hit the Panama-flagged M/T Kiku as it was passing in the Strait of Hormuz while carrying more than two million barrels of crude oil, and that CENTCOM aircraft struck missile and drone storage facilities, coastal radar positions, military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites and minelayer capabilities.
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had launched ballistic missiles and drones at "eight key pieces of infrastructure" at the Ali al-Salem base in Kuwait and the Fifth Naval Fleet in Port Salman, Bahrain, saying it destroyed them, and accused the United States of violating the ceasefire agreement.
A U.S. official said there were no reported U.S. casualties or major impacts or damage to U.S. facilities in the Middle East.
Bahrain said Sunday that a residential building was damaged by the overnight attacks, with "no loss of life." The country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its "strongest condemnation" of Iranian attacks and asserted its right to defend itself, saying the attacks showed Tehran's actions were a deliberate and systematic pattern of repeated aggression against the kingdom's sovereignty and the security of its citizens and residents.
Kuwait's army said its air defenses were countering Iranian missile and drone attacks and that two ballistic missiles were intercepted with no damage reported.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said it had raised the threat level in the strait to "substantial," advising mariners of the existence of mines and saying they should expect a naval presence as clearance operations continue, and CENTCOM said commercial vessels were continuing to operate in the Strait of Hormuz.
The vessel hit on Thursday was identified as the Ever Lovely, a Singapore-flagged container ship; the U.K. maritime security agency said it was struck 7.5 nautical miles southeast of Oman's port of Dahit. Evergreen, the ship's owner, said the Ever Lovely was struck on its starboard side by an "unknown object," that its bridge windows were damaged, that its main engine and navigation equipment continued to operate, that its seaworthiness was not impacted and that it departed the strait, and the U.N.'s International Maritime Organization paused its planned evacuation of more than 11,000 sailors and said the ship "did not transit under IMO's evacuation framework."
The latest U.S. strikes came less than a day after the U.S. launched retaliatory strikes it said were in response to a drone attack on the MV Ever Lovely on June 25, and the U.S. military released video on June 27, 2026, showing the most recent strikes, with CENTCOM calling the action a "powerful response."
The United States and Iran agreed on June 17 to end hostilities under a 14-point memorandum of understanding that called for Iran to use its "best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels with no charge for 60 days."
Both the United States and Iran accused the other of endangering the ceasefire that had been agreed on June 17.
Iranian and Omani officials held talks in Muscat to discuss the future management of navigation; Omani Foreign Minister Badr Al-Busaidi said both countries were committed to "toll-free safe passage," while Iranian chief negotiator Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf said "everyone should know that the administration of the Strait of Hormuz will never go back to the way it was before the war."
CENTCOM said the strikes were launched at President Donald Trump's direction. President Donald Trump also warned that the United States could be forced to return to war as reciprocal strikes continued into Sunday, and he posted on X Saturday evening that it was "very possible" Tehran would "never learn," adding, "There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started. If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!"
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps naval units and commanders issued further warnings, with the IRGC Navy command saying "American bases will experience hell in these coming days," and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesman Hossein Mohebi saying Sunday that "every time the enemy violates the ceasefire, it will receive a harsher response than before." The IRGC also said it would deal with vessels it claims violated its approved route "stronger than before."
Vice President JD Vance, who had been tapped to play a lead role in ongoing U.S.-Iran negotiations, said Friday on X: "If they have disagreements about how the MOU is being applied, they can pick up the phone. But violence will be met with violence."
U.S. allies in the Gulf, including Qatar and Jordan, condemned Iran's latest attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait and called for restraint. Qatar's foreign ministry said it "emphasizes the necessity of sparing the region the consequences of these unjustified attacks, continuing on the path of dialogue and diplomacy."
Iran threatened to halt talks to end the war.
U.S. crude oil prices fell below $70, resuming losses after the attack on a cargo ship near Oman.
CENTCOM said U.S. strikes struck sites on Iran's southern coast at or near Sirik, Bandar-e Lengeh and Qeshm Island, and that the U.S. navy and air force had carried out strikes at multiple locations.
Kuwait's government described the "repeated heinous Iranian aggressions" as a "flagrant violation of its sovereignty."
The United Arab Emirates said the attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain were a "blatant violation" of their sovereignty and a "threat to their security and stability."
Britain's maritime security agency said the tanker hit near the strait had sustained damage to its bridge and that all crew were reported safe.
Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs condemned the U.S. strikes on monitoring and surveillance facilities, calling the "brutal attacks" a violation of the memorandum of understanding and the United Nations charter and saying they showed the United States "does not place the slightest value and credibility on its commitments."
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the "Strait of Hormuz remains under the total oversight and management of Iran throughout the 30 coming days," and warned that any new developments would "result in exacerbating the situation, and also delaying the opening of the strait."
Defense analyst Wolfgang Pusztai said there was a risk the exchanges could escalate unintentionally, warning that hits in residential areas or severe damage to a U.S. base "might easily get out of control."
Vice President JD Vance added in a separate interview that "If we make the final deal, then great. If we don't make the final deal, their nuclear program is still destroyed. They're still much weaker as a country, so my attitude is America wins either way."
Sen. Roger Marshall said on June 28, 2026 that he does not believe the conflict is "over" as the administration has claimed, though he said the "major" part of the war is finished.
Congress has moved to constrain the president's military actions against Iran: lawmakers passed a War Powers Resolution that directs the president to remove U.S. armed forces from hostilities against Iran unless Congress explicitly authorizes further force, and the Senate approved the measure in a 50-48 vote while the House passed the measure on June 3 by a vote of 215 to 208. Representative Ro Khanna condemned the latest U.S. strikes as "a blatant violation" of the congressional measure and wrote on X that "Trump must stop this war now – or we will take him to court to compel him to do so." A White House official said the resolution had "no significance" and said hostilities had terminated on April 7. Constitutional expert Bruce Fein said the president would "ignore the vote on the bogus fantasy of unconstitutionality." The Pentagon is seeking an $80 billion boost from Congress, mostly to backfill munitions and stockpiles depleted during the conflict.
U.S. officials said the U.S. delegation, headed by Vice President JD Vance, agreed with Iran during recent negotiations to establish a "hotline" between the U.S. military and the IRGC to coordinate traffic in the strait; as of Saturday the hotline still was not operational, and officials said the next round of technical talks planned for Tuesday in Switzerland could be in doubt.
Hassan Ahmadian, an associate professor at the University of Tehran, said the exchanges could spark a chain of retaliatory strikes and argued that Article 5 of the memorandum of understanding calls for Iran to arrange safe passage for commercial ships for 60 days. Ahmadian said the United States was seeking different arrangements than those in the MOU and that "the Iranians will not let go of this."