Overview
- U.S. Central Command said U.S. forces shot down four Iranian one‑way attack drones on Friday and then struck Iranian coastal surveillance and radar sites on Qeshm Island and in Goruk to prevent further attacks on maritime traffic.
- Hours after the U.S. strikes, Iran launched seven ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain and U.S. and Gulf air defences intercepted six of them while the seventh failed to reach its target, with U.S. officials reporting no U.S. personnel harmed.
- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed it struck U.S.‑linked bases and fired on tankers, a version that U.S. officials dispute, highlighting a sharp split in official accounts of damage and targets.
- The exchanges have effectively restricted traffic through the Strait of Hormuz, reducing commercial passages, worsening shipping delays, and putting upward pressure on global oil and gas prices.
- Mediators in Doha and Islamabad continue indirect talks to extend the ceasefire and negotiate frozen assets and sanctions relief, but the new strikes have raised the odds that a fragile 30–60 day memorandum will be harder to secure.