{"id":346762,"date":"2026-06-06T22:23:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T16:53:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=346762"},"modified":"2026-06-06T22:23:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T16:53:43","slug":"a-brand-new-exchange-of-fireside-with-iran-within-the-gulf-tests-the-delicate-ceasefire-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/06\/06\/a-brand-new-exchange-of-fireside-with-iran-within-the-gulf-tests-the-delicate-ceasefire-national\/","title":{"rendered":"A brand new exchange of fireside with Iran within the Gulf tests the delicate ceasefire &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/iran\">Iran<\/a>\u00a0fired ballistic missiles and drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait early Saturday, Bahrain\u2019s government said, adding that they were intercepted. It called on Tehran to instantly stop attacks on Gulf neighbors that it deemed a \u201cserious escalation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Iran\u2019s foreign ministry said the U.S. early Saturday attacked surveillance facilities on Qeshm Island and near Sirik that it said were used to guard borders and \u201cmake sure the security of navigation in international waters.\u201d Tehran called the attack a violation of the delicate ceasefire.<\/p>\n<p>The most recent exchange of fireside got here because the Trump administration\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-iran-war-nuclear-deal-f6c5007b28e596e562c88b93ee785d91\">pressed Iran<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-iran-war-nuclear-deal-f6c5007b28e596e562c88b93ee785d91\">make a deal<\/a>\u00a0to finish the war that has strained the worldwide economy and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/un-food-hunger-iran-mideast-somalia-afghanistan-ac6e40407199fec6ce12ee0812cd7a87\">threatened a hunger crisis<\/a>\u00a0in a number of the world\u2019s most vulnerable countries.<\/p>\n<p>Iran said it targeted the U.S. military<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military earlier said it shot down several Iranian missiles and drones launched toward\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/the-worlds-most-important-21-miles-0000019d2fbfd29daffdefffc72e0000\">the Strait of Hormuz<\/a>\u00a0and Gulf Arab allies, and struck a number of the Islamic Republic\u2019s coastal surveillance radar sites in response.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe attack drones posed a right away threat to regional maritime traffic,\u201d U.S. Central Command said on social media. It confirmed it hit radar sites, including an island within the strait, \u201cto defend against further attacks.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you'll never miss the day's top stories.\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get day by day National news<\/h2>\n<p>Get day by day Canada news delivered to your inbox so you may never miss the day&#8217;s top stories.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard said it targeted the Ali Al Salem air base, which hosts U.S. forces in Kuwait, and the U.S. Navy\u2019s fifth Fleet in Bahrain, based on the state-run IRNA news agency. The U.S. military said there have been no reports of harm to U.S. personnel.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier within the week, Iranian drones heavily\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-israel-lebanon-war-kuwait-ceasefire-3-june-2026-de2d1814c0f38252bf0383be859c870b\">damaged a passenger terminal<\/a>\u00a0at Kuwait\u2019s important airport, killing one person and wounding dozens.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. military kept up its blockade on Iranian ports in response to Tehran\u2019s chokehold on the crucial corridor for global oil and natural gas shipments, which has sent energy prices spiking and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ap.org\/news-highlights\/elections\/2026\/trump-is-facing-a-new-inflation-warning-from-the-bond-market-adding-to-his-midterm-challenges\/\">posed political problems<\/a>\u00a0for President Donald Trump\u2019s Republican Party ahead of midterm congressional elections.<\/p>\n<p>Trump guarantees a fast end to US-Iran conflict<\/p>\n<p>Despite concerns that the ceasefire could collapse, Trump told reporters Friday that \u201cthe situation with Iran appears to be going quite well.\u201d He told an event that \u201cwe\u2019re going to come back out of Iran in a short time and it\u2019s going to be very strong somehow, whether it\u2019s a bit of paper or the very tough way.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on World<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trump increasingly\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-iran-war-nuclear-deal-f6c5007b28e596e562c88b93ee785d91\">appears to be boxed in<\/a>\u00a0on the war. U.S. and Iranian negotiators\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-war-oil-may-28-2026-8f5ed2813ba63df7ae9ccbe991688d29\">reached a tentative agreement<\/a>\u00a0every week ago to increase\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-israel-trump-lebanon-april-7-2026-421ee64fdc9a5c26460df8119c7d1b3f\">the ceasefire<\/a>\u00a0by 60 days and begin a brand new round of talks\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/iran-us-nuclear-timeline-war-146b4072f1f6cc43cfd3bde740313a5c\">on Iran\u2019s nuclear program<\/a>. But Trump has called for unspecified changes and Iranian officials have shown no public sign of agreeing to the deal.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below commercial<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Asked on Friday why it was taking so long, Trump told NBC\u2019s \u201cMeet the Press\u201d it was because \u201cit\u2019s a really hard thing for them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He added that the Iranians still have 21% to 22% of their missiles. Considered one of the war\u2019s stated goals was destroying Tehran\u2019s missile program.<\/p>\n<p>The continuing fighting in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-airstrike-soldiers-killed-iran-6150614827e9f932807527799b50f5d0\">Lebanon<\/a>, where Israeli forces have seized large swaths of the south while saying it targets the Iranian-backed Hezbollah militant group, also challenges efforts to finish the Iran war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Iran has demanded that any lasting truce extend to Lebanon.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has touted\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/israel-lebanon-hezbollah-ceasefire-fighting-75695f2e611c8dd9851075f1fcd6ac47\">the most recent ceasefire agreed<\/a>\u00a0to earlier within the week by the Lebanese government and Israel after U.S.-brokered talks in Washington. Nevertheless, Hezbollah has rejected the agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Israeli airstrikes on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed nine people including three members of the Lebanese military, the Lebanese army and state media said. Israel\u2019s military said it was reviewing the incident and that it operates against Hezbollah and never the Lebanese army.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n\t\t&#038;copy 2026 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u00a0fired ballistic missiles and drones toward Bahrain and Kuwait early Saturday, Bahrain\u2019s government said, adding that they were intercepted. It called on Tehran to instantly stop attacks on Gulf neighbors that it deemed a \u201cserious escalation.\u201d Iran\u2019s foreign ministry said the U.S. early Saturday attacked surveillance facilities on Qeshm Island and near Sirik that it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":346763,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20691],"tags":[9641,2631,2202,23612,22661,15256,1903,5008],"class_list":["post-346762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-ceasefire","tag-exchange","tag-fire","tag-fragile","tag-gulf","tag-iran","tag-national","tag-tests"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=346762"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346762\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":346765,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/346762\/revisions\/346765"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/346763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=346762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=346762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=346762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}