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Iran “towards civilian mariners that were rightfully transiting regional waters”, CENTCOM said. ## US rejects claims CENTCOM said its strikes in response [targeted](/video/newsfeed/2026/6/3/us-says-it-attacked-irans-qeshm-island-tehran-targets-kuwait-bahrain) an “Iranian military ground control station” on Qeshm Island
Qeshm Island.** - **Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) said it attacked the US Fifth Fleet headquarters in Bahrain** with missiles and drones in response to the strike
strike other vessels in the Gulf. - The US says it shot down the Iranian drones fired at ships and then hit Qeshm Island. - Iran hit back by firing at Kuwait and Bahrain. ## What has Iran
strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island, while Iranian media reported explosions in the area. The escalation spilled into neighbouring countries, with Kuwait saying its air defence systems had intercepted incoming drones and missiles, and Bahrain
island of Qeshm over the weekend. “The measured and deliberate strikes occurred on Saturday and Sunday in response to aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a US MQ-1 drone that was operating
US military attacks Iran The U.S. military's Central Command said it carried out the strikes in Iran on Saturday and Sunday around the city of Geruk and on Qeshm Island. "The measured and deliberate
strikes hit civilian areas in Bandar Khamir, Sirik and Qeshm Island in southern Iran. Iranian air defences were also [active over western Tehran](/video/newsfeed/2026/5/7/videos-show-interceptions-over-the-skies-of-tehran). The US, however, said its naval forces came under [Iranian missile
response to "aggressive Iranian actions", which included a US drone being shot down over international waters. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had targeted an air base used by US forces
Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz. It also reported loud noises and continuous defensive fire in western Tehran late Thursday night. The ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran has largely held since April
response, the latest in a series of exchanges as negotiations to end the three-month US-Israel war on Iran are conducted. US President Donald Trump also on Monday described Iran as eager to reach
strikes". Trump said Iran "trifled with us today". The flare-up comes a day after Iran's foreign ministry had said it was considering a US proposal to end the war. Iranian state media initially
Qeshm Island to the UAE’s Umm al Quwain emirate, while in the east, a second line joins Iran’s Mount Mobarak and the UAE’s Fujairah. The announcement came after US President Donald Trump
response from Tehran to its [latest proposals](/news/2026/5/7/what-are-us-proposals-to-end-war-and-will-iran-agree-to-them) for an agreement to end the war, which began with joint US-Israeli air strikes on Iran on February 28. Here’s what we know about
Qeshm Island. But Ali al-Nuaimi, a senior UAE official, dismissed the report as “fake news”, asserting, “When we do something, we have the courage to announce it.” Tehran blamed the US-Israel coalition
strikes on an Iranian military ground control station on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard said it had targeted the headquarters of the U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet
Island](/features/2026/3/17/inside-qeshm-irans-underground-missile-fortress-and-geological-marvel) and said air defence systems had intercepted several drones over the area. Qeshm is strategically located at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz and is seen as the primary platform for Iran