Iran launched air attacks targeting U.S. military bases in the Middle East following a renewed American strike inside Iran, while both sides are negotiating to end their conflict.
Foreign news agencies reported that on Thursday, 28 May 2026, Iran launched air attacks targeting U.S. military bases in the Middle East after the U.S. struck what they called an "Iranian drone operation" near the Strait of Hormuz.
Although limited in scope, the attacks underscored the fragility of negotiations aiming to convert the unstable ceasefire agreement, effective since early April, into a deal to end the three-month-long war and reopen the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz.
A U.S. official told Reuters that the military shot down four Iranian attack drones and struck a ground control station in the port city of Bandar Abbas, which was preparing to launch a fifth drone.
"These operations were conducted carefully, in pure self-defense, and aimed at maintaining the ceasefire agreement," the anonymous official said.
Later, Tasnim News Agency reported that Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) stated they targeted U.S. bases responsible for the early Thursday morning attacks near Bandar Abbas airport.
The IRGC did not name the bases but warned that any further aggressive acts would lead to "much more decisive" retaliation.
Kuwait, home to one of the largest U.S. military bases in the Middle East, stated it was responding to missile and drone attacks without specifying the source of those attacks.
These recent developments came hours after U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday that he was not satisfied with talks with Iran and that the U.S. had not discussed easing sanctions against Tehran, which Iran had demanded.
He also denied reports from Iran's state TV claiming an informal agreement to restore commercial navigation through the strait to pre-war levels within a month, with Iran and Oman jointly managing shipping in the Gulf.
Trump emphasized, "No one is going to control this strait. It is international waters, and Oman will have to behave like everyone else, or we will have to blow them to smithereens. They understand this well, and they will be fine."
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