By Al Jazeera Staff and AFP<\/p>\n
Published On 27 Jun 202627 Jun 2026<\/p>\n
Iran and the United States have traded attacks in the Gulf, raising fears that the fragile ceasefire between the two countries is unravelling.<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said Saturday they had hit US sites in the Gulf in retaliation for US attacks on Iranian missile, drone and radar facilities \u2013 themselves a response to what Washington said was an Iranian drone attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n
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US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the latest US attacks, against Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar positions, were a response to \u201cunwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces\u201d that \u201cclearly violated the ceasefire\u201d.<\/p>\n
Iranian state television, citing a reporter in the southern port city of Sirik, said an explosion was heard late Friday at Taheroui pier.<\/p>\n
It quoted an informed military source as saying the blast was caused by a projectile impact in the area.<\/p>\n
\u201cSirik Port is operating normally, and no damage has been reported to its equipment or facilities,\u201d Mehr news agency reported following the explosion.<\/p>\n
CENTCOM described the operation as \u201ca powerful response to yesterday\u2019s attack on a commercial ship that was transiting the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>\u201c.<\/p>\n US President Donald Trump had earlier denounced what he described as an Iranian drone attack on the vessel, saying \u201cobviously, this is a foolish violation of our ceasefire agreement.\u201d<\/p>\n Vice President JD Vance issued a direct warning, posting on X that \u201cviolence will be met with violence\u201d if Iran carries out any further attacks.<\/p>\n Minutes later, on Saturday morning Iran time, state television reported that the IRGC said they had hit US sites in the Gulf region in retaliation for the US attacks.<\/p>\n \u201cIf the aggression is repeated, our response will be broader than this,\u201d the IRGC said, according to a post on the state TV Telegram channel.<\/p>\n A fragile ceasefire<\/p>\n