Iran Hits Bahrain and U.S. Targets as Tanker Is Damaged in Strait of Hormuz
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Updated · The Washington Post · Jun 27
Iran Hits Bahrain and U.S. Targets as Tanker Is Damaged in Strait of Hormuz
3 articles · Updated · The Washington Post · Jun 27
Summary
Bahrain said Iranian drones targeted the island early Saturday, while Tehran said it had launched retaliatory strikes on U.S. targets after U.S. attacks on Iranian missile and drone storage sites a day earlier.
A tanker in the Strait of Hormuz was struck by an unidentified projectile, U.K. Maritime Trade Operations said, the second ship attack there in recent days; all crew were safe.
The Joint Maritime Information Center raised the waterway’s threat level to “substantial,” citing merchant-ship strikes and mines even as commercial traffic had only recently begun to recover.
The clashes test a 14-point U.S.-Iran ceasefire deal that opened a 60-day technical negotiation period, with both sides accusing the other of violations and Iran’s Revolutionary Guard threatening broader retaliation.