CENTCOM has said the operation came in response to a drone attack on a ship in the Strait of Hormuz
The US conducted strikes in Iran for the second consecutive day on Saturday in response to attacks on commercial vessels attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz. The resumption of open hostilities is testing the preliminary peace agreement the two countries signed on June 17.
Iranian state news agency IRIB reported strikes and explosions on Qeshm Island and in the southern cities of Sirik and Bandar Lengeh.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) said American forces targeted “Iranian military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities.” The strikes came in response to a drone attack on the Panamanian-flagged oil tanker Kiku earlier that day, CENTCOM said.
U.S. Navy and Air Force fighter jets conducted strikes tonight on 10 Iranian military targets at multiple locations in and near the Strait of Hormuz for Iran’s drone attack on M/T Kiku. pic.twitter.com/Z0TLZRqmF6
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) June 28, 2026
US President Donald Trump accused Iran of violating the ceasefire.
“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!” he wrote on Truth Social.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned that the “enemy aggression” would be met with “a crushing response.” Shortly afterward, Bahrain and Kuwait said their air defenses were intercepting incoming projectiles.
Iranian media described the strikes as a breach of the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed last week.
“The response to the violation of any clause of the memorandum will be swift and crushing,” Mohsen Rezaei, an adviser to Iran’s Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, wrote on X.
The US and Iran have offered conflicting interpretations of the MoU in recent days. Tehran has insisted that ships sailing through the strategic Strait of Hormuz must pay fees and use only designated routes. Washington has said the Islamic Republic should provide unimpeded access to the waterway.
Iran has also demanded that Israel withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon. West Jerusalem and the Lebanese government have signed a US-brokered agreement that would see the gradual withdrawal of Israeli forces pending Hezbollah’s disarmament.
The pro-Palestinian group rejected the deal, saying it gives Israel freedom to act in Lebanon, and refused to lay down its arms.
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