Iran…Trump…Conflict…Evening… June 28, 2026…The Strait and Kicking the US Out of the Gulf….

U.S. officials blamed Iran for the resumption of hostilities, saying it had launched drone attacks on two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz in recent days. Iran has not claimed responsibility for those attacks, but reiterated on Sunday its demand that vessels follow its designated routes in the strait.

“Under the memorandum of understanding, no other entity or country has any responsibility in this regard,” Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said during a visit to Iraq on Sunday. Any other arrangement, he said, would add to tensions and could delay the full reopening of the waterway.

What the recent strikes might mean for peace talks was unclear.

A senior U.S. official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the negotiations said that no talks had been called off and that technical negotiations over executing the memorandum of understanding were still planned for the coming days. But hours later, Mehdi Fazeli, a member of the office that publishes the works of Iran’s supreme leader, told Iranian state television that Iran had canceled talks scheduled for Sunday.

Another U.S. official who was not authorized to speak publicly said the Iranian drones and missiles launched in Sunday’s attack had been shot down or intercepted, or had failed to reach their intended targets. The governments of Kuwait and Bahrain said the strikes had not caused any casualties.

A day earlier, the U.S. military hit Iranian air-defense sites and other military infrastructure in “direct response” to an attack earlier on an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. An earlier wave of U.S. strikes were prompted by the initial attack on a container ship in the waters off the coast of Oman on Thursday, U.S. officials said.

Here’s what else we’re covering:

• Lebanon fighting: The Israeli military said on Sunday it had killed a Hezbollah militant it blamed for the death of an Israeli soldier in southern Lebanon. Israel and Lebanon agreed on Friday to a U.S.-backed deal that would lead to the gradual withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon. But Hezbollah, which is backed by Iran, rejected that pact, and fighting has continued. More than 4,200 people have been killed and more than 12,000 injured since fighting between Israel and Hezbollah reignited early in March, Lebanon’s health ministry said on Sunday.

• Trading accusations: The U.S. and Iran have accused each other of violating the cease-fire, but analysts say neither appears eager for a return to full-blown war. The Revolutionary Guards said in a statement on Sunday that American bases in the region “will be experiencing hell during these days.” On Saturday, President Trump said in a bellicose social media message that the United States would annihilate Iran if it were forced to return to war. Read more on the cease-fire ›

• Strait of Hormuz: Strikes on ships are likely to deter vessels from passing through the waterway, which Iran had agreed to fully reopen as part of the cease-fire deal. Read more ›….

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The Guardian….

• Iran launched drone and missile attacks Sunday targeting Bahrain and Kuwait in response to US airstrikes that hit the Islamic Republic, and threatened a “complete halt” in negotiations to end the war if Washington continues its attacks.

• US president Donald Trump accused Iran of violating the ceasefire agreement in a post of social media and said the US may be “forced to militarily complete the job”. Iran also accused the US of violating the ceasefire agreement.

• JD Vance continued to reiterate the administration’s triumphant line on the war with Iran hours before the latest round of strikes were exchanged. “America wins either way,” he said.

• Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi was in Baghdad for a meeting with his Iraqi counterpart. He called for a security framework to be established with the Gulf nations after it struck US bases in Kuwait and Bahrain in retaliation to US strikes.

• The Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps IRCG has said on state-run SNN TV that it will respond with more force if there are any more blow-for-blow attacks from the US.

• Countries including Jordan, the UAE and Italy all condemned Iran’s attacks….

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ISW…Iran Update Special Report, June 28, 2026

1. Iran has continued to attack US forces in the region to try to deter the United States from undermining Iranian efforts to control the Strait of Hormuz. An Iranian drone struck the Panama-flagged M/T Kiku on June 27. US military aircraft targeted Iranian military surveillance infrastructure, communications systems, air defense sites, drone storage facilities, and mine-laying capabilities in response. The IRGC launched drone and ballistic missile attacks targeting the US Fifth Fleet Naval Base in Bahrain and the Ali Al Salem Airbase in Kuwait on June 28.
2. Iran’s strikes may reflect an Iranian effort to dissuade the Gulf states from resisting Iranian control over the strait. Iran may have intended for its strikes to signal to Gulf states that Iran will respond with force to any Gulf opposition to its control of the strait, amid recent Gulf resistance to this Iranian effort. Iranian media and officials have adopted a harsher tone toward Gulf countries in recent days, likely in response to these countries’ opposition to Iranian management of the strait.
3. Iran is threatening to suspend negotiations as part of its efforts to deter the United States from challenging Iranian sovereignty over the strait. The IRGC Navy stated on June 27 that US strikes on Iran violated the ceasefire and “will result in the complete halt of all diplomatic processes.”
4. The Israeli government confirmed the locations of two “pilot zones” where the Lebanese Armed Forces (LAF) will backfill the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in southern Lebanon as part of the June 26 trilateral framework agreement. Both of the announced pilot zones lie beyond the IDF’s “anti-tank line,” which would likely reduce the risk of Hezbollah launching attacks on Israeli territory from those zones following the IDF’s withdrawal.