{"id":122,"date":"2026-06-28T10:01:16","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T10:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=122"},"modified":"2026-06-28T10:01:16","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T10:01:16","slug":"iran-strikes-kuwait-and-bahrain-as-escalating-attacks-threaten-to-unravel-peace-efforts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valutednews.com\/?p=122","title":{"rendered":"Iran strikes Kuwait and Bahrain as escalating attacks threaten to unravel peace efforts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media-cldnry.s-nbcnews.com\/image\/upload\/t_nbcnews-fp-1200-630,f_auto,q_auto:best\/rockcms\/2026-06\/260628-iran-nd-eb178d.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Iran strikes Kuwait and Bahrain as escalating attacks threaten to unravel peace efforts\" title=\"Iran strikes Kuwait and Bahrain as escalating attacks threaten to unravel peace efforts\" 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href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/us-news\/us-launches-strikes-iran-attack-ship-strait-hormuz-rcna351992\" target=\"_blank\">in the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-65fa66\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cUnited States aircraft just struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations, and coastal radar sites, for violating the Cease Fire Agreement, AGAIN!\u201d President Donald Trump posted Saturday on Truth Social. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-07cd5b\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cIt is very possible that they will never learn! 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!\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-e82edf\" class=\"body-graf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/now\/video\/u-s-military-releases-video-of-new-iran-strike-265786437693\" target=\"_blank\">CENTCOM said<\/a> in a statement Saturday that U.S. fighter jets conducted strikes on 10 Iranian military targets at multiple locations.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-b61c05\" class=\"body-graf\">Iran was \u201cgiven a chance to honor the ceasefire agreement but elected not to when its forces launched a one-way attack drone,\u201d it said, referring to an attack on a Panama-flagged vessel on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-4a3310\" class=\"body-graf\">Meanwhile, Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it had launched further missiles and drones at U.S. military infrastructure in Kuwait and Bahrain, in a statement reported by state media.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-2629eb\" class=\"body-graf\">American bases \u201cwill experience hell in these coming days,\u201d said IRGC Navy command, as reported by Iran\u2019s semi-official Fars newrs agency.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-4db52e\" class=\"body-graf\">Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Navy\u2019s 5th Fleet, said Sunday that a residential building was damaged by the overnight attacks, with \u201cno loss of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-7cd915\" class=\"body-graf\">The country\u2019s Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its \u201cstrongest condemnation\u201d of Iranian attacks on the territory, asserting its right to defend itself.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-7e9076\" class=\"body-graf\">\u201cThis dangerous escalation reveals that Tehran\u2019s actions are not isolated incidents or random acts, but rather a deliberate and systematic pattern of repeated aggression against the Kingdom\u2019s sovereignty and the security of its citizens and resident,\u201d it said in a statement posted on X.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-4718a2\" class=\"body-graf\">Kuwait\u2019s army said Sunday that its air defenses were also countering Iranian missile and drone attacks. Two ballistic missiles were intercepted, it said, with no damage reported.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-a6c582\" class=\"body-graf\">The series of reciprocal attacks began this week with a disagreement over shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran, which had committed to reopening the critical waterway, has insisted that vessels follow a specified route close to its coastline, but many vessels are choosing to instead transit through the waters of the United Arab Emirates and Oman.<\/p>\n<section class=\"inline-video inline-video--in-body inline-video--vertical-video\" data-testid=\"inline-video\" id=\"anchor-6d1a48\">\n<div class=\"inline-video__background\">\n<div class=\"inline-video__player\">\n<div class=\"styles_gridStackWrapper__Z_AMc styles_verticalVideoContainer__AndXW vertical-video-container inline-article-vertical-video paused\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-testid=\"gamma-video-player\">\n<div class=\"info-layer styles_infoLayer__3khlf\">\n<p><span class=\"styles_caret__Aqe2z icon icon-play\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\" data-testid=\"caret\"\/><span data-testid=\"card-duration\">00:52<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"styles_controlContainer__XmNB0 styles_inlineVideo__unIwH\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Video controls\">\n<p class=\"styles_title__0GjQf styles_inlineVideoInitial__c2yet\">Is the Strait of Hormuz open or closed?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"styles_gradientOverlay__6My_d\"\/><\/p>\n<p><span aria-label=\"Elapsed time 00:00\">00:00<\/span><span aria-label=\"Remaining time 00:00\">00:00<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p id=\"anchor-d6888c\" class=\"body-graf\">After a series of Iranian threats to vessels that had used the alternative route, a Singapore-flagged ship was attacked on Thursday, to which the U.S. reciprocated by hitting Iranian military targets. Those strikes triggered an Iranian response, continuing the cycle of attacks that has since escalated.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-3ea75f\" class=\"body-graf\">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps spokesman Hossein Mohebi said Sunday that \u201cevery time the enemy violates the ceasefire, it will receive a harsher response than before,\u201d according to Iran\u2019s hard-line Student News Network.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-84bed8\" class=\"body-graf\">The IRGC also said it would be dealing with vessels it claims violated its approved route \u201cstronger than before.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-c1d2b2\" class=\"body-graf\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/politics-news\/vance-says-watergate-12-hour-news-story-today-rcna351889\" target=\"_blank\">Vice President JD Vance<\/a>, who had been tapped to play a lead role in ongoing U.S.-Iran negotiations, said Friday on X: \u201cIf they have disagreements about how the MOU is being applied, they can pick up the phone. But violence will be met with violence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-61b80e\" class=\"body-graf\">The memorandum of understanding signed by the U.S. and Iran less than two weeks ago stipulates that the Strait of Hormuz \u2014 a vital waterway through which some 20% of the world\u2019s oil passed before the war \u2014 will reopen. It said that Iran would \u201cmake arrangements\u201d to allow the safe passage of commercial vessels with no charge for 60 days.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-61f526\" class=\"body-graf\">Both sides have repeatedly accused the other of breaching the terms of the deal, however.<\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-645b21\" class=\"body-graf\">U.S. allies in the Gulf, including Qatar and Jordan, condemned Iran\u2019s latest attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait and called for restraint. <\/p>\n<p id=\"anchor-719708\" class=\"endmark body-graf\">Qatar \u201cemphasizes the necessity of sparing the region the consequences of these unjustified attacks, continuing on the path of dialogue and diplomacy,\u201d its foreign ministry said Sunday in a post on X.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Donald Trump has warned that the United States could be forced to return to war as a series of escalating reciprocal strikes with Iran continued into Sunday, threatening to unravel peace efforts between the two countries. 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