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As nuclear talks with Iran stalled, U.S. forces carried out airstrikes on Iranian military facilities. Iran said it would retaliate and reported strikes against U.S. bases in the Middle East.
U.S. Central Command said on June 1 via X that it conducted self-defense airstrikes against radar and drone-control facilities on Goruk and Qeshm Island in Iran. The strikes took place May 30–31.
CENTCOM described the strikes as “a deliberate, measured response to Iran’s aggressive actions, including the downing of a U.S. MQ-1 drone operating over international waters.” It said the strikes destroyed two Iranian suicide drones that had threatened ships near the Strait of Hormuz, as well as air-defense systems and a ground control site.
The command warned it will protect U.S. assets and interests from unprovoked attacks even during a ceasefire, signaling further responses remain possible while stressing it does not intend to end the ceasefire.
Earlier, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on May 29 that Iranian forces shot down a U.S. drone over Bushehr province with a surface-to-air missile. CENTCOM, however, posted on X that no U.S. aircraft were lost and the locations of all airborne assets were accounted for.
Shortly after the U.S. strikes, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps told state television it had hit an airbase it identified as the origin point for the U.S. attacks. Iranian officials named the target as a U.S. Air Force base in Kuwait.
AP reported that Kuwaiti authorities activated air defenses to intercept drones and missiles. The wire service added the assault may have been carried out by Iranian forces or by Iran-backed Shiite militias inside Iraq.
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