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Iran and Oman held the first meeting of their joint committee on the Strait of Hormuz in Muscat, with Tehran saying discussions focused on Gulf states' sovereign rights and the future management of the waterway under the Iran-US memorandum of understanding, according to Kazem Gharibabadi

US media: The United States and Iran have agreed to halt mutual attacks in the Strait of Hormuz and will hold a meeting on Tuesday in Doha.

Israeli warplanes carried out an airstrike on the outskirts of Abdeen village in the Yarmouk Basin area of western Daraa countryside

Saudi media: Missiles intercepted over northern Jordan.

A senior US official told Al Jazeera: Channels for resolving the dispute are open and active following the Lake Lucerne meetings.

Pakistani Foreign Ministry: - The Foreign Minister and his Saudi counterpart expressed their deep concern regarding developments in the regional situation during a phone call. - The Foreign Minister affirmed to his Saudi counterpart Pakistan's commitment to working towards consolidating peace in accordance with the Islamabad Memorandum.

The Iranian army: Our precise control over the Strait of Hormuz is not just a means to generate revenue, but to maintain our power in the region.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard Navy: The indiscriminate US shelling of Sirik does not solve the mystery of our control over the Strait of Hormuz

A US official told Reuters: There have been no reports of injuries among Americans or serious damage to US sites in the region so far.

Kuwaiti Army: Kuwaiti air defenses intercepted missile and drone attacks at dawn today

In a statement, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has confirmed that it attacked US forces in two military bases in the Middle East, the Ali Al Salem air base in Kuwait and the US Navy's Fifth Fleet in Bahrain, using "ballisitc missiles and drones". According to the statement, the attack was "in response" to US strikes on five Iranian coastal positions. The IRGC also confirms targeting a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz earlier, claiming that based on the Iran-US memorandum of understanding, Tehran "controls navigation" in the strait

US Central Command: Navy and Air Force fighters carried out strikes last night against 10 Iranian military targets.

Bahrain's Interior Ministry announces the end of the threat after an air raid warning.

Gunfire reported in the Green Zone, Iraq, tonight as government-aligned SOF, backed by Iraqi Army armor, move to arrest several pro-Iranian politicians

Air raid sirens sounding in Kuwait as the country comes under Iranian drone and missile attack. Kuwait's military says it is engaging incoming air threats

President Trump announces new US Military strikes on Iran and threatens that Iran "will no longer exist" if there comes a point when "we are no longer able to be reasonable

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted additional strikes against multiple targets in Iran, June 27, at the Commander in Chief’s direction. After yesterday’s U.S. strikes in response to the Iranian attack on M/V Ever Lovely, Iran was given a chance to honor the ceasefire agreement but elected not to when its forces launched a one-way attack drone that hit M/T Kiku this morning at 4:30 a.m. ET. The Panama-flagged tanker was transiting near the Strait of Hormuz with more than two-million barrels of crude oil.

The Wall Street Journal, citing a US official: US forces shot down two drones targeting commercial vessels.

The Wall Street Journal, citing a US official: An Iranian drone struck an oil tanker carrying two million barrels of crude near the Strait of Hormuz.

Hezbollah leader Naim Qassem called the Israel–Lebanon framework signed in Washington "null" and said it should be replaced by the US–Iran memorandum of understanding

Pakistani Prime Minister: The regional situation has proven the importance of maritime security to the global economy and supply chains.

Iran's Mehr News Agency quoted the director of East Hormozgan ports as saying: "No damage was inflicted on Sirik port as a result of the American aggression."

The New York Times, citing a US official, reported that six F-35 and F-16 fighter jets conducted raids lasting approximately 90 minutes on four Iranian sites in the Strait of Hormuz and Qeshm Island.

The naval branch of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it responded to what it called a US "violation of commitments" by targeting "US Army deployment sites in the region." In a statement, it said the response followed a US airstrike on Iran, which it described as a breach of a ceasefire and international arrangements related to the Strait of Hormuz. "According to Article 5 of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding, arrangements for controlling transit and movement in the Strait of Hormuz are under the responsibility of the Islamic Republic of Iran. However, the United States, by inciting various parties, sought to violate this commitment, and an appropriate response was given, and it will be the same going forward. In the event of a repeated act of aggression, our response will be broader than this," the statement added

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted strikes against Iran, June 26, as a powerful response to yesterday’s attack on a commercial ship that was transiting the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites after Iran hit M/V Ever Lovely on June 25 with a one-way attack drone. The Singapore-flagged cargo ship was exiting the Strait of Hormuz along the Omani coast at the time of Iran’s attack.

Trump says Iran's slain Supreme Leader "Khamenei and all of the people in Iran were happy about" the US killing of Qassem Soleimani "because they were afraid of him too"

Iranian Foreign Ministry: Araqchi briefed his British counterpart in a phone call on the latest developments in the negotiations with America and the implementation of the understandings.

Deputy Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister: We cannot guarantee safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz if it is through obscure arrangements or alternative routes. All ships must coordinate with Iran

Trump says the Iranian attack on ships transiting Hormuz is a violation of the ceasefire. Here is his Truth Social post: The Islamic Republic of Iran shot at least four One Way Attack Drones at Ships transversing the Strait of Hormuz. One of the Drones solidly hit the upper deck of a large and very expensive Cargo Carrying Ship. Damage was done, but the Ship was able to proceed on its way. We knocked down three other Drones. Obviously, this is a foolish violation of our Ceasefire Agreement

Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization: Most ships use the northern route controlled by the IMO through the Strait of Hormuz