U.S. Airstrikes Hit Iranian Missile and Drone Sites After Strait Attack

U.S. Central Command conducted airstrikes on Iranian missile and drone locations and coastal radar sites overnight on June 26. The strikes followed an Iranian drone attack on June 25 against a ship attempting to exit the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran launched drones targeting Bahrain on June 27. Bahrain’s Foreign Ministry stated that a number of Iranian drones targeted the country. Bahrain hosts the U.S. Navy’s 5th Fleet and had hosted U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio for a Gulf Cooperation Council foreign ministers meeting that called for an end to Iran’s attacks and for the strait to remain completely open.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard stated earlier on June 27 that it had targeted several locations of the U.S. terrorist army in the region. The statement was carried by the state-run IRNA news agency. A tanker was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz on June 27.

The British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center reported the incident and stated that the crew was safe with no environmental damage. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the tanker attack. The Joint Maritime Information Center announced on June 27 that it would expand a shipping route near Oman’s shores in the strait to allow both inbound and outbound traffic.

The center warned that the threat to ships in the region was substantial and advised mariners of the existence of mines while expecting a naval presence as clearance operations continue. U.S. Vice President JD Vance said on social media on June 26 that Iran should pick up the phone if there are disagreements about the ceasefire agreement but added that violence will be met with violence.

The U.S. and Iran reached an interim deal under which the two sides have 60 days to negotiate a final accord covering shipping through the strait and the future of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium. Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament’s national security commission, wrote on June 26 that the Strait of Hormuz is governed by Iran so respect the rules.