Aerial photograph shows boats anchored off Oman’s northern Musandam Peninsula near the Strait of Hormuz. (June 27, 2026)
Day 121 | Iran says US violated peace deal as both sides attack
Iran accused the United States on Saturday of violating their deal to end the Middle East war and hit US targets in the Gulf in retaliation for US strikes on Iranian territory.
The exchange of fire, which came after Washington accused Tehran of attacking a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, raised doubts about efforts to keep the crucial waterway open while both sides negotiate a final deal.
‘Israel’, meanwhile, launched strikes in Lebanon and Hezbollah's leader Naim Qassem rejected a deal to end the conflict that has also threatened to derail the wider US-Iran peace effort.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the latest American strikes targeted Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar positions, and were a response to "unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces" that "clearly violated the ceasefire".
Iran said "these brutal attacks... are a blatant violation" of the deal to end the war, which began with US-‘Israeli’ strikes on Iran in late February and has sent oil prices surging as it disrupted the world economy.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they had struck US sites in the Gulf region and that "if the aggression is repeated, our response will be broader".
Bahrain said it was targeted by several Iranian drones early on Saturday and accused Tehran of "sabotaging peace efforts".
Also on Saturday, British maritime security agency UKMTO said an "unidentified projectile" damaged an oil tanker in the strait.
Aoun tell Trump Lebanon will assume responsibility for implementing ‘Israel’ agreement
Lebanon's president Joseph Aoun told his US counterpart Donald Trump on Saturday that the Lebanese state will assume responsibility for implementing a recent agreement reached with ‘Israel’, his office said.
Aoun "said the Lebanese state would assume its responsibilities in implementing the framework agreement and expressed hope that the United States would help prevent any violations of the deal and ensure that all commitments are fulfilled, notably by pressuring Israel to withdraw from the areas it occupies in southern Lebanon to facilitate the deployment of the Lebanese army up to the international border," Aoun's office said in a statement.
At the end of the call, Trump said he looked forward to meeting Aoun in Washington soon, the statement said.
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US defense official tells Fox News strikes on Iranian targets tonight “is complete.”
A US defense official confirmed to Fox News that tonight's expanded military operation targeting critical Iranian military infrastructure and IRGC assets has been "completed," following a high-intensity aerial campaign across the region.
US defense official tells me the US strikes on Iranian targets tonight “is complete.”
— Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) June 27, 2026
Ongoing US strikes on Iran is larger than previous night's: Fox News
The United States military is currently executing an expanded, high-intensity wave of retaliatory airstrikes across Iran tonight after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) ignored warnings and disabled a second commercial vessel, the MT Kiku, in the Strait of Hormuz this morning.
US official tells me US military is carrying out a new round of airstrikes against Iran right now in response to IRGC hitting a ship in Strait of Hormuz earlier today. US military is
— Jennifer Griffin (@JenGriffinFNC) June 27, 2026
hitting air defense, drone storage, cruise missiles, targeting radars, minelaying capabilities…
According to a US official speaking to Fox News, this current operation is significantly larger than the previous night's strikes. American combat assets are aggressively targeting critical Iranian military infrastructure, including active air defense systems, drone storage repositories, cruise missile sites, targeting radars, mine-laying capabilities, and surface-to-air missile installations. "Iran had a chance to stop shooting… and they didn’t take it," the official stated.
US military confirms fresh strikes against Iran
The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed that its forces carried out what it called “additional strikes against multiple targets in Iran” at the “Commander in Chief’s direction.”
CENTCOM says the strike came after Iran launched a one-way attack drone that hit the vessel M/T Kiku on Saturday morning at 4:30 AM.
“U.S. military aircraft targeted Iranian military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities,” CENTCOM said on X.
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) June 27, 2026
Communication tower hit in Sirik: Iranian state media
The explosions heard in the coastal city of Sirik were a result of “multiple projectiles” hitting a telecommunications tower in a village in the city, according to state media (IRIB) citing a military source
US launches retaliatory strikes against Iranian targets: Axios
The United States military has initiated a series of targeted strikes against Iranian military assets in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz, a US official told Axios.
The U.S. military is conducting strikes on Iranian targets in the area of the strait of Hormuz in retaliation for Iranian attack this morning on a commercial tanker, U.S. official says
— Barak Ravid (@BarakRavid) June 27, 2026
Explosions heard near Strait of Hormuz: Iranian media
Iranian media reported early Sunday that explosions were heard in the coastal city of Sirik, near the Strait of Hormuz.
It added no further details. However, the US military yesterday struck the same area in retaliation for what it said was an Iranian attack on a commercial vessel in the crucial waterway.
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