The oil tanker ‘Al-Riqqa’ (left) and ‘Al-Yarmouk’ oil tankers sail in the waters of the Persian Gulf, off the coast of Kuwait City, on June 27, 2026. (Photo by YASSER AL-ZAYYAT / AFP via Getty Images) /
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President Donald Trump On Sunday, he again threatened Iran with annihilation following US attacks on Iranian military targets in retaliation for Tehran’s latest strikes on shipping in the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz.
Iran’s neighbors Kuwait and Bahrain reported the arrival of missiles and drones overnight.
“US planes just struck Iranian missile and drone storage sites, as well as coastal radar sites, for violating the ceasefire agreement, AGAIN!”, Trump wrote on Social Truth.
The US military attacked a number of Iranian targets after a commercial oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz was reportedly hit by a projectile on Saturday.
The attacks are the latest escalation of tensions between the two countries in recent days, following an interim agreement intended to end hostilities in the region.
US Central Command said early Sunday that warplanes hit 10 Iranian military targets in and near the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for a drone strike on the Panama-flagged oil tanker M/T Kiku. The ship was crossing the strait with more than two million barrels of crude oilCentCom said Saturday evening.
“There may come a time when we will no longer be able to be reasonable and will be forced to complete militarily the work we have started with great success. If this happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!” Trump wrote.
Trump has repeatedly threatened to send Iran back to the “Stone Age.”
In April Truth post on social networks, Trump threatened “an entire civilization is going to die tonight” and raised the specter of nuclear war. “For Iran, time is running out, and they better act, FAST, or there will be nothing left,” Trump said in a statement. job in May.
Kuwait and Bahrain attackedIran said it struck US military targets in Kuwait and Bahrain on Sunday morning, following US strikes on its coastal installations.
The Kuwaiti military said its air defenses were “face a hostile missile and drone attacks.”
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain sentenced “the new Iranian aggression against its territory, targeting it again with a number of ballistic missiles and drones, in a dangerous escalation.”
“What Tehran is doing is not a passing act, nor an isolated incident, but rather a deliberate approach and a systematic pattern of repeated aggression,” the Bahrain statement added.
THE United Arab Emirates And Qatar – both of whom were repeatedly hit by Iranian projectiles – condemned Iranian attacks on Bahrain and Kuwait, calling them violations of those countries’ sovereignty and international law. Saudi Arabia also denounced Iran’s attacks, “as well as against the security and freedom of navigation in the Strait of Hormuz.”
Despite the barrage of attacks, Central Command said commercial vessel transits on this critical waterway continue.
Oil price The declines extended Friday as more tankers left the Strait of Hormuz, easing supply problems.
International reference Brent crude futures for August settled 4.34% at $71.99 a barrel, while U.S. futures West Texas Intermediate Futures for August, it fell 3.74% to end at $69.23 per barrel. The last time WTI futures closed below $70 was on February 27, the day before the war in Iran began.
CentCom said the U.S. attacks targeted “Iranian military surveillance infrastructure, communications systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities and mine-laying capabilities.”
Escalation in the middle of negotiationsThe new attacks come as the United States and Iran are expected to commit to a 60-day ceasefire as they hold negotiations to end their war. But both accused the other of violating the terms of the agreement.
The American army struck Iran Friday after Asset accused the Islamic Republic of “senseless violation” of a ceasefire agreement by launching drone attacks on ships in the strait.
Iran struck Singapore-flagged ship on Thursday cargo Ever Lovely in the strait off OmanCentral Command said in an article on X. The ship continued through the strait, a major artery for oil shipments.
These new attacks come more than a week after Trump and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian signed a deal. memorandum of understanding aimed at developing a permanent activity peace agreement end the war between their two nations.
— CNBC’s Sarah Min, Terri Cullen and Dan Mangan contributed to this report
