US and Iran exchange strikes and accuse each other of violating ceasefire
Centcom said in a statement, "Iran was given a chance to honor the ceasefire agreement but elected not to when its forces launched a one-way attack drone that hit MT Kiku," a Panama-flagged tanker. In response, it said, Centcom hit military equipment, communication systems, air defense sites and drone storage facilities.In the IRGC's statement, it said the US had attacked five coastal posts in Iran under what it called "the pretext of the IRGC Navy confronting the offending ship". In retaliation, the IRGC 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, "destroying them".
- ▪Centcom said in a statement, "Iran was given a chance to honor the ceasefire agreement but elected not to when its forces launched a one-way attack drone that hit MT Kiku," a Panama-flagged tanker.
- ▪In response, it said, Centcom hit military equipment, communication systems, air defense sites and drone storage facilities.In the IRGC's statement, it said the US had attacked five coastal posts in Iran under what it called "the pretext of
- ▪In retaliation, the IRGC 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, "destroying them".
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US and Iran exchange strikes and accuse each other of violating ceasefireImage source, ReutersByTabby WilsonPublished28 June 2026, 00:06 BSTUpdated 31 minutes agoThe US has conducted new strikes on Iran, following a drone attack on a Panama-flagged vessel in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday.US Central Command (Centcom) said it hit multiple targets across Iran in direct response to "continued aggression" against commercial shipping.In retaliation, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it has launched missiles and drones at US infrastructure in Kuwait and Bahrain, in a statement shared to state media.Following the exchange of fire, the US and Iran accused each other of violating the ceasefire agreement.
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