US-Iran war highlights: Both parties to ‘halt strikes' and meet Tuesday in Qatar over Hormuz reopening
US-Iran war highlights: Iran's supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei said the investigation into crimes allegedly committed during the "second imposed war" and the "third imposed war" has been entrusted to the relevant authorities.
- 7:07 AM IST, June 29Live blog closed
- 6:25 AM IST, June 29Iran warns Gulf neighbours
- 2:40 PM IST, June 28Iran FM warns against derailing US-Iran memorandum
- 2:25 PM IST, June 28Iraq urges reopening of Strait of Hormuz, lifting of US naval blockade on Iran
- 1:59 PM IST, June 28Iraq says it is against attacks on Iran
- 1:55 PM IST, June 28Iran says it struck 8 US military installations
- 1:29 PM IST, June 28Just joined us? Here is a quick recap of fresh US-Iran escalation
- 1:15 PM IST, June 28Iran says determined to defend sovereignty against US aggression
- 1:05 PM IST, June 28Iran threatens to stop peace talks to end war
- 12:53 PM IST, June 28Iran says determined to defend sovereignty against US aggression
- 12:31 PM IST, June 28Israel kills Hezbollah militants in south Lebanon days after interim peace deal
- 12:23 PM IST, June 28Bahrain on maximum alert, says military
- 12:22 PM IST, June 28Iran says determined to defend sovereignty against US aggression
- 12:15 PM IST, June 28Netanyahu claims Israel-Lebanon agreement sidelines Tehran
- 12:14 PM IST, June 28Kuwait condemns new Iranian attack on its territory
- 12:12 PM IST, June 28Iran Guard threatens ‘forceful’ retaliation to further ceasefire violation
- 12:11 PM IST, June 28Lebanese, US Presidents discuss Israel-Lebanon framework agreement
- 12:10 PM IST, June 28Israel army says killed 'armed terrorists' in southern Syria
- 12:09 PM IST, June 28Bahrain says targeted by Iranian missiles, drones
- 11:25 AM IST, June 28Iran reiterates ‘dominance’ over Hormuz
- 11:03 AM IST, June 28Iran threatens to end talks to end the war
- 10:46 AM IST, June 28Araghchi departs for Iraq amid renewed tensions
- 10:42 AM IST, June 28Iran says its destroyed 8 American military infrastructures in Kuwait, Bahrain
- 10:33 AM IST, June 28Bahrain, Kuwait come under Iran attack after US strikes
- 10:25 AM IST, June 28Iran reaction on US strikes
- 10:15 AM IST, June 28US strikes 10 targets in Iran, Tehran launches attacks on Kuwait, Bahrain
- 10:11 AM IST, June 28Iran says US strikes violations of interim deal
- 9:53 AM IST, June 28Why is Iran attacking Bahrain and Kuwait?
- 9:47 AM IST, June 28Israeli military says it killed Hezbollah militants and attacked a launcher in the Nabatieh area
- 9:36 AM IST, June 28We may no longer be able to be reasonable, says Trump
- 9:35 AM IST, June 28How Hormuz continues to be a point of contention despite interim deal?
- 9:28 AM IST, June 28Iran was given a chance to honour the ceasefire, says US
- 9:24 AM IST, June 28Iran says US bases in region will ‘experience hell’
- 9:18 AM IST, June 28Sirens blare across Bahrain as tensions escalate
- 8:59 AM IST, June 28US releases video footage of strikes on Iran
- 8:57 AM IST, June 28What US Central Command said after Iran strikes
- 8:52 AM IST, June 28Iran slams Italy for providing 'technical and logistical' support to US during war
- 8:49 AM IST, June 28What Bahrain said after US strikes
- 8:47 AM IST, June 28We may no longer be able to be reasonable, says Trump
- 8:44 AM IST, June 28What led to fresh tit-for-tat strikes?
- 8:43 AM IST, June 28Trump threatens to destroy Iran
- 8:42 AM IST, June 28Iran calls US strikes ‘flagrant violation’ of Islamabad MoU
- 8:33 AM IST, June 28New aggression will be met with a crushing response, says Iran
- 8:30 AM IST, June 28Iran says it struck 8 US US military sites as tit-for-tat strikes continue
- 8:18 AM IST, June 28Explosions heard in Iran's Sirik
- 8:09 AM IST, June 28Iran's IRGC issues warning after strikes on Bahrain, Kuwait
- 8:02 AM IST, June 28‘Violence will be met with violence’, warns Vance
- 7:53 AM IST, June 28No casualties or major damage reported, says US
- 7:48 AM IST, June 28US strikes don't constitute a return to major combat operations, says US official
- 7:37 AM IST, June 28Situation with Iran still unfolding, says US official
- 7:35 AM IST, June 28Iran fires missiles, drones at Bahrain, Kuwait, US official says
- 7:22 AM IST, June 28New aggression will be met with a crushing response, says Iran
- 7:20 AM IST, June 28Iran's stern warning to Gulf neighbours
- 7:05 AM IST, June 28Trump says US targeted Iran's missile, drone storage, coastal radar sites
- 6:57 AM IST, June 28Iran says ‘ceasefire violation’ will halt all diplomatic processes
- 6:56 AM IST, June 28Iran says strikes against Kuwait, Bahrain in retaliation for US attack
- 6:53 AM IST, June 28Iran, US trade accusations of violating ceasefire after strikes
- 6:47 AM IST, June 28IRGC vows crushing response
- 6:45 AM IST, June 28Why did the US strike Iran
- 6:43 AM IST, June 28US and Bahrain shoot down 9 Iranian drones, says report
- 6:41 AM IST, June 28Trump warns US may be 'forced to militarily complete the job' after striking Iranian missile sites
- 6:38 AM IST, June 28US says it struck 10 Iranian ‘military targets’
- 6:35 AM IST, June 28Iran's IRGC launches missile, drone strikes on US military sites in Kuwait, Bahrain
- 6:35 AM IST, June 28Kuwait says engaging 'hostile missile and drone attacks'
- 6:34 AM IST, June 28Trump threatens to annihilate Iran
- 6:33 AM IST, June 28US strikes Iran
This live blog is now closed. For more updates on US-Iran war, please follow here. US-Iran war highlights: Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on Sunday warned that any attempt to bypass the agreed arrangements for the Strait of Hormuz would "increase tensions" in the Middle East, as Tehran and Washington accused each other of violating a fragile ceasefire....Read More
Speaking during a visit to Baghdad, Araghchi also called for the establishment of a regional security framework involving Gulf countries, saying such cooperation was essential amid continuing instability in the region.
"Any attempt to adopt new or separate arrangements compared to what is underway by the Islamic Republic of Iran, will only lead to more complicated situations and delays in the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, and will increase the tensions, as we witnessed in the past two nights," Araghchi told a press conference.
Bahrain has alleged that the Iranian strikes damaged a residential building on Sunday, though no casualties have been reported. The interior ministry added that Bahrain intercepted several Iranian attacks amid renewed US-Iran tensions.
Tensions between the United States and Iran continued to flare on second day straight on Sunday after the US military said it had struck multiple targets in Iran at President Donald Trump’s direction, continuing a string of attacks that have shaken the war’s uneasy ceasefire.
Iran Guard also threatened to end the peace talks with the US after flaring tensions on day two. “Let the enemy know that violating the ceasefire ... will lead to a complete halt of ongoing processes,” the Guard was quoted as saying by the Associated Press.
Trump said America struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations, and coastal radar sites in tit-for-tat action for violating the ceasefire and threatened that “Iran will no longer exist” if the US uses military force.
Following this, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said early on Sunday that its navy and aerospace forces had launched a joint missile and drone operations targeting US military sites in Kuwait and Bahrain.
"Violating the ceasefire is contrary to Clause 1 of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding and will result in the complete halt of all diplomatic processes", the Guards said in a statement, according to Press TV.
Earlier in the day, Fars News Agency reported that people on the beaches and coastal areas of the Taharouyeh region in Sirik heard the sound of several explosions. Elderly residents in Qeshm too heard the sound of several explosions in this area.
Israel says Hezbollah militants killed in Lebanon
Israeli military said on Sunday it killed Hezbollah militants armed with rocket-propelled grenades and struck a rocket launcher in the Nabatieh area of southern Lebanon to remove threats to its soldiers.
The Israeli military said it struck the structure from which the militants operated and dismantled a rocket launcher that posed a threat.
New aggression will be met with a crushing response, says Iran
Ibrahim al-Fiqar, Official military Spokesperson for Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, the operational command center that coordinates the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) and the regular Iranian army, said that Iran will regulate maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
Fiqar, in a series of posts on X, said that violation of ceasefire will be met with a crushing response.
"Any new aggression, regardless of its pretext or the scale of its objectives, will be met with a crushing response. Violating the ceasefire constitutes a breach of Article 1 of the Islamabad Understanding and will lead to a complete halt of all tracks. Under the Islamabad understanding, Iran will regulate maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. Violent vessels will be dealt with more firmly than before."
Iran warns Gulf neighbours
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Sunday that they had launched strikes on Kuwait and Bahrain in retaliation for US attacks on Iranian territory, warning that any further military action would receive a "crushing response".
Iran and the US have accused each other of breaching the fragile ceasefire, raising fresh concerns over talks aimed at bringing the conflict in West Asia to an end.
In a statement, the Guards said they had "destroyed eight important US military facilities at the Ali al-Salem base in Kuwait and at the Fifth Fleet naval base in Port Salman in Bahrain."
"Any enemy aggression, whatever the pretext, even against insignificant targets... will have a crushing response," the Guards added.
The Guards said in a statement US strikes had violated the ceasefire and "will result in the complete halt of all diplomatic processes", according to state-run Press TV. American bases in the region "will experience hell in the coming days," the statement said.

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