U.S. Navy warships transit the Arabian Sea in close formation as CENTCOM forces continue to promote regional security and stability, June 30, 2026.
Source: US Navy
The U.S. military announced Saturday that it had ended a seventh straight night of strikes against Iran, as Kuwait and Bahrain reported Iranian projectile attacks and commercial shipping continued to face disruptions.
The fragile truce signed by the United States and Iran last month has shown new signs of breakdown as the last series of fights continued. The interim agreement aimed to reopen the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz and end the conflict which began with the American and Israeli strikes against Iran on February 28.
US Central Command said the attacks, which ended at 9:30 p.m. US Eastern Time on Friday, hit “military logistics infrastructureunderground weapons storage and maritime capabilities.
“CENTCOM continues to hold Iran accountable under the leadership of the Commander in Chief while fully implementing a naval blockade against Iranian ports,” he said in a post on X.
The military also said its forces had intercepted several transport ships in recent days.
“During the first three days of renewed implementation, U.S. forces redirected four commercial vessels, disabled one, and boarded one to ensure full compliance,” Central Command said in another statement. statement.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps said it blocked four ships on Saturday morning as they attempted to move under U.S. protection through the Strait of Hormuz.
“In a coordinated missile and drone operation, all four were arrested and immobilized at sea,” Iranian news agency IRNA cited the IRGC naval command as saying in a statement. job on X.
Iran also appears to be continuing its attacks on regional targets.
Kuwait said its air defenses were “responding to hostile drone threats.”
He also said that an Iranian attack on his electricity and water distillation station caused a fire but no casualties, according to an article X from the Kuwaiti press agency. This is the second attack on Kuwait’s water supply facilities in two days.
Kuwait is known be extremely dependent on desalination for drinking water, with almost 90% of this arid nation’s water demand met by seawater desalination plants.
Kuwait Airways said it rescheduled most of its flightsaccusing “hostile missile and drone attacks following Iranian aggression.”
Neighboring Bahrain’s government said Saturday morning that its air defense systems had intercepted several Iranian projectiles and sounded sirens to warn residents.
On Friday, Iran claimed to have targeted US military forces in Syria and Bahrain.
“Win big in Iran”American President Donald Trump insisted that the war with Iran is going well, saying in a prime-time speech to American audiences on Thursday: “We’re winning big in Iran, too, and you’ll see the fruits of that labor very, very soon.”
The American president had threat strike Iranian bridges and power plants next week if the country refuses to return to the negotiating table.
Ian Lesser, a distinguished fellow at GMF, a Washington-based think tank, said there appears to be a risk that the United States and Iran could become mired in what is called eternal war.
“There is a risk, but of course we have been in a cold and sometimes hot war with Iran for decades,” Lesser told CNBC via video call.
“I think in some sense this is an error of judgment on the part of the current administration. But it is also part of a trend in the American approach to the use of force, where we have enormous capabilities and enormous operational prowess and we are hampered by strategic errors,” he added.
Oil prices rose sharply on Friday due to continued unrest in the Middle East.
International reference Brent crude Futures with September delivery advanced 4.6% to $88.10 a barrel on Friday, while U.S. futures West Texas Intermediate Futures with August delivery gained 4.5% to $82.49. Both were at their highest since mid-June.
For the week, both benchmarks gained around 16%, with Brent on track for a third consecutive weekly gain and WTI poised for its second.
– Reuters contributed to this report.
