# Iran fires ballistic missiles and drones at US bases in Bahrain and Kuwait, threatening to halt ceasefire talks > Iran's IRGC launched coordinated strikes on the Ali Al Salem air base in Kuwait and the US Fifth Fleet facilities in Bahrain early June 28 in retaliation for US attacks on five Iranian coastal sites; Tehran threatened to halt all diplomatic processes if Washington keeps striking **Meta:** type: event · date: 2026-06-28 · heads: 전쟁은 실제로 어떻게 끝나는가, 무엇이 무너졌는가 · 6 takes · 5 lenses · 4 regions ## Summary Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missiles and drones at the US Ali Al Salem air base in Kuwait and US Fifth Fleet facilities at Bahrain's Port Salman between 02:00 and 03:00 AM on June 28, claiming the strikes were retaliation for earlier US attacks on five [Iranian coastal sites](/ko/entity/place/strait-of-hormuz). Bahrain's Foreign Ministry called it a "dangerous escalation"; Kuwait condemned "repeated, heinous" attacks violating its sovereignty. The IRGC threatened that any further US strikes would cause a "complete halt" to the diplomatic process established under the [June 17 ceasefire MOU](/ko/n/iran-us-ceasefire-mou). Trump responded by warning Iran "will no longer exist" if strikes continue. A US official said talks would proceed despite the exchange, underscoring a contradictory public posture of escalation threats and diplomatic continuity. ## Why it matters The strikes expose the Hormuz reopening as the live tripwire inside the ceasefire framework: the US and Iran disagree on who controls the strait's reopening sequence, and that disagreement is now generating kinetic exchanges that each side frames as self-defense. A single exchange spiraling past mutual deterrence could collapse the MOU track entirely before the Doha technical talks can stabilize it, reversing the June 26 [Lebanon deal](/ko/n/israel-lebanon-framework-deal-jun26) momentum alongside it. ## What to watch - Whether the [Doha technical talks](/ko/n/iran-us-doha-talks-jun29) proceed on June 30 after Iran's threats to halt all processes. - Further strikes by either side on Gulf bases or Iranian coastal sites in the 24-48 hours following the exchange. - Kuwait and Bahrain's formal responses to Iran: whether they escalate diplomatically or absorb the strikes to protect the ceasefire. ## Regional takes (batched by bias / lens) ### UAE national daily; reported from Bahrain's damaged Muharraq residential area, with the Bahrain Foreign Ministry's direct condemnation and Kuwait's statement - **The National** (United Arab Emirates, en) — The National confirmed that Bahrain's Foreign Ministry called the strikes a 'dangerous escalation' and Kuwait's Foreign Ministry condemned 'repeated, heinous' Iranian attacks as a 'flagrant violation' of Kuwaiti sovereignty; the outlet detailed that a residential building in Bahrain's Muharraq governorate was heavily damaged overnight. > "Bahrain and Kuwait targeted as Iran and US accuse each other of ceasefire breach, with Tehran threatening to halt talks." Source: https://www.thenationalnews.com/news/gulf/2026/06/28/bahrain-and-kuwait-targeted-after-us-bombs-iran/ ### US public radio; framed the exchange as exposing the Strait of Hormuz reopening dispute as the immediate trigger, with both sides accusing the other of initiating the fresh round - **NPR** (United States, en) — NPR reported that efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz without Iran's direct oversight sparked the fresh exchanges, and that a US official said diplomatic talks would continue despite the strikes and Iran's threat to halt them. > "U.S. and Iran exchange strikes, underscoring the fragility of the ceasefire; Hormuz reopening dispute identified as trigger." Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/06/28/g-s1-130748/us-iran-israel-lebanon-hormuz-strikes-bahrain-kuwait ### Gulf-based international broadcaster; emphasis on Iran's framing of its strikes as legitimate retaliation and the IRGC's claim that US attacks on five Iranian coastal sites came first - **Al Jazeera** (Qatar, en) — Al Jazeera carried the IRGC's statement that it launched strikes on eight targets it described as US military infrastructure between 02:00 and 03:00 AM, and that it had claimed the operation fell within the ceasefire's self-defense clause as a response to US attacks. > "Iran attacks Kuwait and Bahrain in response to US strikes, with IRGC saying ceasefire violation will lead to complete halt of ongoing processes." Source: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/6/28/iran-attacks-kuwait-and-bahrain-in-response-to-us-strikes ### US network; focus on the threat to unravel the MOU peace process and the US administration's dual-track response of warning Iran while signaling talks continue - **NBC News** (United States, en) — NBC News reported Trump's warning that Iran 'will no longer exist' if strikes continue while White House officials simultaneously said diplomatic channels remained open, illustrating the administration's contradictory public messaging on ceasefire enforcement. > "Iran strikes Kuwait and Bahrain as escalating attacks threaten to unravel peace efforts." Source: https://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/escalating-us-iran-strikes-threaten-unravel-peace-efforts-rcna352093 ### unlabelled - **CNN** (United States, en) — Source: https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/28/world/live-news/iran-war-strikes-trump - **CBC News** (Canada, en) — Source: https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/iran-us-exchange-attacks-sunday-9.7251746 ## Across the graph - Related: [[iran-us-ceasefire-mou]], [[mbz-iran-ceasefire-hormuz]], [[iran-us-doha-talks-jun29]], [[oil-price-iran-ceasefire]] - Entities: Iran, Place:strait of Hormuz --- Canonical: https://rbtfl.xyz/ko/n/iran-bahrain-kuwait-strikes-jun28