Iran says it carries out retaliatory, “defensive” strikes on Saturday against targets it describes as linked to U.S. forces, after U.S. airstrikes hit Iranian military sites on its southern coast. Iran’s foreign ministry does not publicly identify the locations of the attacks, but says they respond to what it calls “barbaric” U.S. strikes on Iranian coastal surveillance facilities, which Iran says violate the UN Charter.
Bahrain, which hosts the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet, reports that it is attacked by multiple Iranian drones early Saturday. Bahrain condemns the drone strikes as a violation of its sovereignty.
The exchanges come as both sides continue to accuse each other of breaching a last week’s agreement intended to end a four-month-old conflict. Separate reporting around the region also mentions incidents in the Strait of Hormuz, including damage to an oil tanker from an unidentified projectile, and an Israeli drone strike reported in southern Lebanon. These additional incidents are not described by all sources in the set provided, but are cited as part of the broader regional security picture.
