Overview
- U.S. forces shot down Iranian attack drones and then struck coastal radar sites in Goruk and on Qeshm, an action the Pentagon says aimed to protect shipping.
- Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it launched ballistic missiles at U.S. bases in Kuwait and Bahrain in retaliation, and Gulf air defenses and U.S. forces reported intercepting most of the projectiles.
- U.S. commands also carried out a maritime interdiction of the sanctioned tanker MT Davina in the Indian Ocean as they said they remained ready to defend vessels.
- Talks between Tehran and Washington are effectively stalled, with Iranian officials demanding release of about $24 billion in frozen assets as a condition for any deal.
- The clashes on Saturday have raised immediate human and economic costs—rocket warnings, property damage and higher oil-market volatility—and increase the chance the Strait of Hormuz will face further restrictions.