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Iran war: Tehran attacks Bahrain, Kuwait after US strikes 10 Iranian targets
US Central Command (CENTCOM) posted a video it said was of Saturday's attack on Iran to social media.
It added that US fighter jets conducted strikes against a total of 10 Iranian military targets.
U.S. Navy and Air Force fighter jets conducted strikes tonight on 10 Iranian military targets at multiple locations in and near the Strait of Hormuz for Iran's drone attack on M/T Kiku. pic.twitter.com/Z0TLZRqmF6
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) June 28, 2026
The US military had said earlier that the latest response targeted "surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities."
In another statement, it said that the fresh strikes were in response to a drone attack on a Panama-flagged tanker that was transiting near the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday morning.
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) June 27, 2026
Trump: Iran 'will no longer exist' if US applies full military power
Following the US strikes in southern Iran late Saturday, US President Donald Trump said "the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist" if a point comes when he decides the US will no longer be "reasonable."
In a social media post, he wrote that the attacks were because Iran was "violating the Cease Fire Agreement, AGAIN! It is very possible that they will never learn!
"There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started. If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!" he wrote.
Warning sirens sound in Bahrain
Bahrain's Interior Ministry issued an alert to residents to "head to the nearest safe location" following alarm sirens sounding.
تم إطلاق صافرة الإنذار ، نرجو من المواطنين والمقيمين الهدوء والتوجه لأقرب مكان آمن ومتابعة الأخبار عبر القنوات الرسمية.
— Ministry of Interior (@moi_bahrain) June 27, 2026
Bahrain has often come under attack by Iranian airstrikes since the US-Israeli war against Iran began earlier this year. The country is home to the US Navy's Fifth Fleet and has been a strong critic of Iran.
On Saturday, Bahrain said Iran launched a drone attack against it after the US struck southern Iran in what Washington said was in response to an earlier Iranian attack on a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz (see entry below).
Bahrain warned that the earlier attacks were "sabotaging peace efforts."
Kuwait's military engages 'hostile missile and drone threats'
The Kuwaiti Army has issued a statement telling residents any explosions they hear are the result of air defenses "currently responding to hostile missile and drone threats."
تتصدى حالياً الدفاعات الجوية الكويتية لهجمات صاروخية وطائرات مسيرة معادية.
— KUWAIT ARMY - الجيش الكويتي (@KuwaitArmyGHQ) June 28, 2026
تنوه رئاسة الأركان العامة للجيش أن أصوات الانفجارات إن سمعت فهي نتيجة اعتراض منظومات الدفاع الجوي للهجمات المعادية.
يرجى من الجميع التقيد بتعليمات الأمن والسلامة الصادرة عن الجهات المختصة.… pic.twitter.com/A65ETW44zq
Like Bahrain, Kuwait has come under fire from Iran during the monthslong war as an ally to the United States. Thousands of US troops are stationed at bases around the country.
Iran's Guard Corps vows 'crushing response' to future attacks
Iran's semi-official Tasnim and IRNA news agencies reported that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched missiles and drones at both Bahrain and Kuwait in response to the US strikes.
According to the report, the IRGC said vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz without consulting Iran would be dealt with more forcefully in the future and that any "enemy aggression" would meet with a "crushing response."
"Arrangements for controlling passage in the Strait of Hormuz are with the Islamic Republic, and from now on, violator ships will be dealt with more strongly than before," the IRGC wrote in a post on social media. "Any potential enemy aggression, under any pretext, will be met with a crushing response, even if, like last night and tonight, the aggressions are against less significant targets."
