Iran launched missile and drone strikes targeting US military bases in Bahrain and Jordan, with explosions reported in the Bahraini capital of Manama on June 10. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed responsibility for the attacks, calling them a direct response to recent US strikes on southern Iran.
Iran’s Foreign Minister publicly defended the operation as a necessary answer to what Tehran has characterized as violations of Iranian sovereignty. The IRGC went further, warning that additional responses would follow if provocations continued.
A ceasefire that didn’t hold
The current escalation traces back to February 2026, when the US carried out extensive strikes in Iran following the assassination of Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. That campaign eventually produced a fragile ceasefire on April 8.
By late May, the US had resumed strikes on targets in southern Iran. Iran’s government condemned the actions as unprovoked aggression against a sovereign nation. The June 10 strikes on US bases represent Tehran’s most direct military response since the ceasefire collapsed.
