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military confrontation if necessary, after ending an [exchange of fire](/news/2026/6/8/israel-and-iran-exchange-attacks-as-ceasefire-falters) with Israel that raised concerns of a return to all-out war. Iran’s armed forces on Sunday night launched an air attack against
attack on Iran neared the end of its second week, with a post claiming it was “the start of its military operations against US and Israeli interests around the world”, according to the [International Centre
attacked the country on 28 February. A ceasefire between the US and Iran is due to expire on 22 April. US President Donald Trump said a naval blockade of Iranian ports would continue until
response, the US said on Wednesday that it had [completed a wave of "self-defence strikes" targeting military, surveillance and radar](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4gyp9v0e93o) sites in southern Iran. Tehran responded to the attack
response beyond all expectation.” Last week, Tehran threatened that any Israeli attack on Beirut would be considered a violation of the US-Iran ceasefire and would be met with an attack on Israel. Israeli media
Iran-backed Hezbollah claimed responsibility for a series of attacks in northern Israel: at least four drone attacks on Shomera barracks, attacks on two barracks in other towns in the region, and another
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 on Qeshm, a claim the US military
response from Spain, which [has denied the US permission to use](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/02/spain-denies-united-states-permission-military-bases-iran-pedro-sanchez) jointly operated military bases on its territory for attacks on Iran
attack. The US army Apache helicopter gunship crashed off the coast of Oman early on Tuesday, according to US Central Command. The two crew members were later rescued in an unprecedented operation using an unmanned
response to the war in Ukraine, but also the recent US attack on Iran. Photograph: Richard Pohle One intention is to visualise the British army’s project Asgard, a digital communication system that uses artificial
response to a "repeated violation" of a ceasefire agreed on 17 April between the US, Israel and Iran. Israel later hit back with attacks on military
US could sign an agreement with Iran on Sunday, but as the evening came in the Middle East, [there was no sign of a breakthrough](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/14/iranian-hardliners-in-vociferous-push-to-reject-proposed-peace-deal-with-us). Instead, Iranian officials threatened a military response
response to Hezbollah firing towards northern Israel. The strike opens the possibility of further hostilities, as Iran vowed to respond by attacking Israel. Trump said the attack "should not have happened particularly on a special
US officials have sought to play down the significance of the attacks in a series of media briefings this week, while claiming that the ceasefire remains in place and that wider negotiations with [Iran
attacks as “self-defence strikes” and a “proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression”. While an official US inquiry into what caused the helicopter to crash has yet to conclude, US President Donald Trump quickly blamed
military began striking targets inside Iran in response to the overnight downing [of a helicopter](/news/2026/6/9/trump-says-iran-shot-down-us-helicopters-over-hormuz-vows-to-respond) over the Strait of Hormuz. Trump has since suggested that the US attacks
attack. Hormuz – which had been open without interruption before the war – has emerged as a major point of contention in this war. Iran closed down the strait in response to the US-Israeli military
US military base. It’s the most serious escalation since a ceasefire began two months ago and now threatens to plunge the Middle East back into war. **Yemen’s Iran-aligned Houthi rebels have claimed
attacks against Iran. "Considering recent US threats against Iran's oil infrastructure, either oil and gas exports are for everyone or they will be available for no-one," a statement said. Iran's top negotiator
attack or threat unanswered", saying that the US had suffered "defeats on the battlefield". The US said it struck Iranian sites on Tuesday in response to the downing of a US army helicopter