Iran Strikes U.S. Bases in Kuwait and Bahrain

Military tensions between the United States and Iran escalated on June 28, 2026, as the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missiles and drones against eight U.S. military facilities in Kuwait and Bahrain. The strikes targeted the Ali Al Salem air base in Kuwait and the U.S. Fifth Fleet at Port Salman in Bahrain, causing one death and 63 injuries in Kuwait and damaging a residential building in Bahrain's Muharraq district. These assaults followed U.S. Central Command airstrikes on Iranian radar, missile storage, and air defense sites, which the U.S. conducted in response to Iranian drone attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, including the M/V Ever Lovely.

This violence threatens a Pakistan-brokered interim ceasefire signed on June 15 and a memorandum of understanding signed by President Donald Trump on June 16. While U.S. Vice President JD Vance and Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf continued mediated talks in Switzerland, the security situation deteriorated. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi boycotted technical talks and asserted that Iran would maintain total oversight of the Strait of Hormuz for 30 days.

In response to the escalation, Donald Trump warned on social media that the U.S. might be forced to militarily complete its objectives, stating that the Islamic Republic of Iran would no longer exist if that occurred. Simultaneously, Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem rejected a U.S.-brokered framework agreement between Lebanon and Israel, labeling the deal a loss of sovereignty.