Smoke rises from a residential building, which, according to the Bahraini Interior Ministry, was hit by an Iranian drone, in Muharraq, Bahrain, June 28, 2026. (Credit: Bahrain Police Media/Reuters)
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said early on Sunday that its navy and aerospace forces had launched a joint missile and drone operation targeting the U.S. Fifth Fleet base in Bahrain and another military base in Kuwait in retaliation for recent U.S. strikes against Iran.
"Violating the cease-fire is contrary to Clause 1 of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding and will result in the complete halt of all diplomatic processes," the Guards said in a statement, according to Press TV.
Iran said on Sunday it was determined to defend its sovereignty after the latest U.S. strikes on the country, as a fragile truce in the Middle East war hangs in the balance.
"Iran strongly condemns the airstrikes by the terrorist U.S. army on several monitoring and surveillance facilities on the southern coast of the country in the early hours of Sunday," the Iranian foreign ministry said in a statement, adding that it "stresses its determination to defend Iran's national sovereignty" against U.S. attacks.
Bahrain's air defenses intercepted the Iranian missiles and drones, the Gulf kingdom's military said.
The Bahraini military said it had "intercepted and destroyed a number of projectiles used in these treacherous Iranian attacks," adding that it was on "maximum alert."
Iran and the United States have accused each other of violating their truce, straining negotiations meant to end the Middle East war.
