Aerial photograph shows boats anchored off Oman’s northern Musandam Peninsula near the Strait of Hormuz. (June 27, 2026)
Day 121 | Trump threatens to annihilate Iran after renewed attacks
US President Donald Trump said Saturday that Iran would "no longer exist" if the United States is "forced" to resume the war, as he accused Tehran of violating a ceasefire.
The threat came after US forces said they struck "multiple" Iranian targets Saturday in another tit-for-tat response to attacks on shipping in the vital Strait of Hormuz.
"United States aircraft just struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations, and coastal radar sites, for violating the Cease Fire Agreement, AGAIN!" Trump wrote on Truth Social.
"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!" Trump wrote.
The clashes brought new tension to the negotiating process meant to end a war launched by the United States and ‘Israel’ at the end of February.
US Central Command said Saturday's strikes were in response to an Iranian drone attack on the Panama-flagged oil tanker "Kiku," which was carrying some two million barrels of crude.
The US military said the latest response targeted "surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities."
Iranian media reported several explosions in the Sirik and Qeshm areas of southern Iran.
On Friday, the United States also conducted strikes that it said were in response to another Iranian attack on a ship, the "Ever Lovely."
US military footage of strikes on “10 Iranian military targets”
CENTCOM releases footage of earlier today of what it says are US Navy and Air Force fighter jets carrying strikes on 10 Iranian military targets at multiple locations in and near the Strait of Hormuz
The strikes were retaliation for “Iran's drone attack on M/T Kiku,” according to the statement.
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
IRGC says targeted US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Sunday morning that its forces carried out attacks on US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain, after the US military targets Iranian targets in coastal cities near the Strait of Hormuz.
“During a joint missile and drone operation…the IRGC destroyed eight important infrastructures of the child-killing US army at the Ali Salem base in Kuwait and the Fifth Naval Fleet in Port Salman, Bahrain,” the IRGC said in a statement cited by Iranian media.
“The aggressor enemy [earlier] attacked five coastal posts of the Islamic Republic early this morning,” it said.
It said that based on the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, maritime traffic in the Hormuz Strait must be in coordination with Tehran.
“From now on, offending ships will be dealt with more forcefully than in the past, and dealing with a possible enemy aggression under any pretext, even if the aggressions are against minor targets like last night and tonight, will have a crushing response,” it further warned.
Kuwait says air defenses intercepting “hostile missile and drone attacks”
Kuwait’s army said Sunday morning that its air defense systems are “currently intercepting hostile missile and drone attacks”.
“The General Staff of the Kuwait Armed Forces notes that any explosion sounds heard are the result of the air defense systems intercepting the hostile attacks,” it said in a statement on X, without providing further information.
Sirens activated in Bahrain
Bahrain’s Interior Ministry said that sirens have been activated, amid expectation of an Iranian response after the US launched strikes on Iranian targets in coastal cities
“The siren has been sounded ..Citizens and residents are urged to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place,” the ministry said on X, without providing further information.
Trump warns Iran may “no longer exist”
US President Donald Trump warned Iran on Sunday that the country may “no longer exist”, after the US military once again launched strikes on coastal areas for what it said was retaliation for an Iranian attack on a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz.
“United States aircraft just struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations, and coastal radar sites, for violating the Cease Fire Agreement, AGAIN!” Trump said on Truth Social.
“It is very possible that they will never learn! 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,” he added.
“If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!”
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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