Overview
- U.S. Central Command said its forces shot down four Iranian attack drones headed for the Strait of Hormuz on Friday and then struck coastal radar sites on Goruk and Qeshm to prevent further threats to shipping.
- CENTCOM reported that Iran launched seven ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain early Saturday and that U.S. and Gulf air defenses intercepted six while the seventh failed to reach its target.
- The U.S. military said there were no reports of harm to U.S. personnel despite Iranian Revolutionary Guard claims of hits on the Ali Al Salem air base and the Fifth Fleet area in Bahrain.
- The clashes come as indirect talks aimed at a 60‑day extension of the April ceasefire have stalled and commercial transits through the Strait of Hormuz remain sharply reduced, pushing up global energy prices and straining regional economies.
- Washington has paired military responses with measures to choke Iranian oil revenue, including the boarding of a sanctioned tanker and new sanctions on energy networks, even as it issued World Cup visas to some members of Iran’s football team.