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— Rapid Response 47 (@RapidResponse47) June 27, 2026

Within an hour of that post, Kuwait’s army said its air defences were responding to hostile missile and drone attacks, and air raid sirens sounded across Bahrain.

US Vice President JD Vance, who has led Kuwait and Bahrain, saying the strikes were a direct response to American attacks on Iranian territory.

The IRGC named Al Asad Air Base in Kuwait as one of the targets. Bahrain, home to the US Navy’s 5th Fleet, was struck twice in the space of hours, with sirens sounding on two separate occasions overnight.

A US official told Reuters there were no reported American casualties or significant damage to US facilities, though the situation was still developing.

The IRGC said in a statement that US strikes had violated the ceasefire and warned the attacks “will result in the complete halt of all diplomatic processes”.

Its navy command went further.

“The American bases in the region are a separate matter,” the IRGC navy said. “They will experience hell in these days.”

شلیک‌های کور آمریکا به سیریک معمای اشراف ما بر تنگه را حل نمی‌کند. اما شلیک‌های ما به متخلفین، راه روشن عبور را به باقی شناورها یادآوری می‌کند.
حساب پایگاه‌های آمریکایی منطقه جداست. جهنم را در این روزها تجربه خواهند کرد.

— فرماندهی نیروی دریایی سپاه (@niroo_daryayi) June 28, 2026

Iran’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs called the US strikes “brutal attacks” which showed Washington “does not place the slightest value on its commitments”, adding that “breaking promises is part of the nature of this regime.” It said Iran remained determined to defend its national sovereignty against what it described as US military aggression.

The current escalation follows a pattern that has now repeated itself twice in as many days.

On Thursday, an Iranian drone struck the 14-point interim agreement, signed less than two weeks ago, was meant to halt the fighting, reopen the strait and create space for deeper negotiations on Iran’s nuclear programme and its stockpile of highly enriched uranium. One round of talks, led by Vance and Iranian parliamentary speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, was held in Switzerland last week. Washington subsequently waived sanctions on Tehran.

Since then, two tankers have been struck, US strikes have hit Iranian territory over two nights, Iran has attacked bases in two Gulf states, and both sides are now publicly accusing the other of destroying the deal.

The IRGC’s warning that diplomatic processes face a “complete halt” if strikes continue suggests the window for a negotiated settlement may be narrowing fast.