Tehran: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Monday (June 1, 2026) it had targeted a U.S. base in response, the latest in a series of exchanges amid negotiations to end the three-month-old war. It claims to have targeted an air base used by the U.S. for an attack on southern Iran, without identifying which base. Labelling their actions “self-defence”, the US said it hit Iranian “radar and command and control sites for drones in Goruk, Iran and Qeshm Island over the weekend.”
CENTCOM said the attack was in response to “aggressive Iranian actions”, including the “shootdown of a U.S. MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters.
“The measured and deliberate strikes occurred on Saturday and Sunday in response to aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a U.S. MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters,” the US military said.
The CENTCOM revealed that US fighter jet eliminated Iranian air defenses, a ground control station, and two one-way attack drones that “posed clear threats to ships transiting regional waters”.
The US president released a new statement on the situation with Iran, claiming Tehran “really wants to make a deal” and that whatever deal is reached will “be a good one” for the US “and those that are with us”
In the same Truth Social post, Trump also hit back at critics of his handling of the conflict. “But don’t the Democrats, and various seemingly unpatriotic Republicans, understand that it is MUCH tougher for me to properly do my job and negotiate, when political hacks keep negatively “chirping,” at levels never seen before, over and over again, that I should move faster, or move slower, or go to war, or not go to war, or whatever,” he wrote.
Meanwhile, Kuwait, which holds major US bases, intercepted missile and drone attacks as sirens sounded across the country. In a post on X, the Kuwaiti military said, “The Kuwaiti air defences are currently confronting hostile missile and drone attacks.” The attack comes days after Kuwaiti air defence engaged in similar hostile missile and drone attacks on May 28.
Elsewhere in Israel, an “aerial target that was fired from Lebanese territory” was intercepted early on Monday. The IDF said the interception happened after alerts sound across “several areas in northern Israel.”
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