U.S. Navy warships pass through the Arabian Sea in tight formation, June 30, 2026, as CENTCOM forces continue to promote regional security and stability.
Source: US Navy
The U.S. military announced early Saturday that it had ended a seventh straight night of attacks on Iran, as Kuwait and Bahrain reported attacks by Iranian projectiles and commercial shipping continued to face disruptions.
The fragile ceasefire agreement signed last month by the United States and Iran is showing signs of further unraveling as the latest round of fighting continues. The interim agreement was aimed at reopening the strategically important Strait of Hormuz and ending the conflict that began with the U.S. and Israeli attack on Iran on February 28.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Ghalibabadi said on Saturday that the country had suspended its commitments to the memorandum of understanding signed with the United States.
“The US has violated all its commitments under the Islamabad Memorandum and has suspended it,” he said. “We have also suspended our commitments. We are not fulfilling our commitments and are busy defending our country.”
U.S. Central Command said the attack ended at 9:30 p.m. ET on Friday and struck “military logistics infrastructure, underground weapons storage, and maritime capabilities.”
“CENTCOM will continue to hold Iran accountable as directed by the Commander-in-Chief while fully implementing a naval blockade of Iranian ports,” it said in a post on X.
The military also said the military had seized several transport ships in recent days.
“During the first three days of the new implementation, U.S. forces diverted four commercial vessels, disabled one, and embarked one, to ensure full compliance,” Central Command said in a separate statement.
Meanwhile, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said it intercepted four ships attempting to transit the Strait of Hormuz under U.S. protection early Saturday.
Iran’s IRNA news agency quoted the Revolutionary Guards Naval Command as saying in a post on X: “All four aircraft were stopped and immobilized at sea due to a coordinated operation between missiles and drones.”
Iran also appears to be continuing its attacks on regional targets.
Kuwait said its air defenses were “responding to the threat of hostile drones.”
The country also said Iranian attacks on power plants and water distilleries caused fires but caused no casualties, Kuwait News Agency’s X-Post reported. This was the second attack on Kuwait’s water facilities in the past two days.
Kuwait is known for its overwhelming reliance on desalination for drinking water, with nearly 90% of the arid country’s water needs met by desalination plants.
Kuwait Airways said it had rescheduled most of its flights due to “hostile missile and drone attacks following the Iranian invasion.”
The government of neighboring Bahrain said early Saturday that its air defense systems had intercepted several Iranian projectiles and sounded sirens to warn residents.
On Friday, Iran claimed it had targeted U.S. forces in Syria and Bahrain.
“Big victory in Iran”
US President Donald Trump insisted the war with Iran is on track, saying in a prime-time address to the American people on Thursday: “We have won big victories in Iran as well, and we will soon see the fruits of our efforts.”
The US president had threatened to attack Iranian bridges and power plants next week if Iran refused to return to the negotiating table.
Ian Lesser, a distinguished researcher at the Washington-based think tank GMF, said there appeared to be a risk that the United States and Iran were at risk of falling into a so-called forever war.
“There are risks, but of course we’ve been in what was essentially a cold war, sometimes a hot war, with Iran for decades,” Lesser told CNBC in a video call.
“I think this is, in some ways, a misjudgment on the part of this administration. But it’s also part of the pattern of the U.S. approach to use of force, which is that we have tremendous capabilities and tremendous operational capabilities, but we’re being held back by strategic mistakes,” he added.
Oil prices rose sharply on Friday as unrest in the Middle East continues.
international benchmark brent crude oil On Friday, futures for September delivery rose 4.6% to $88.10 per barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate futures for August delivery rose 4.5% to settle at $82.49 per barrel. Both prices were the highest since mid-June.
Both benchmarks rose about 16% during the week, with Brent posting its third consecutive week of gains and WTI posting its second consecutive week of gains.
– Reuters and CNBC’s Michael Weiland contributed to this report.
