Overview
- U.S. military officials said forces shot down four Iranian one‑way attack drones and struck a ground control station near Bandar Abbas that was preparing to launch a fifth drone.
- Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it retaliated by targeting a U.S. airbase and Iranian state media reported explosions, warning shots and vessels turned back near Bandar Abbas with no casualties reported.
- Kuwait’s armed forces reported intercepting incoming ballistic missiles and drones as its air defenses engaged, signalling a risk of the violence spreading to Gulf states that host U.S. forces.
- The U.S. Treasury sanctioned Iran’s newly formed Persian Gulf/Strait Authority and the White House publicly denied reports of a draft Iran‑Oman arrangement after President Trump warned Oman against controlling the waterway.
- The wider ceasefire remains officially in place but is highly strained, with negotiators still blocked over control of the strait and Iran’s enriched‑uranium stockpile, leaving shipping, regional security and oil markets vulnerable.