The United States and Iran exchanged fire overnight Friday amid a fragile ceasefire as American officials stepped up preparations for potential nuclear negotiations, including consultations this week with experts who could help determine the fate of Tehran’s enriched uranium stockpile.

The US military said it carried out strikes on Iranian radar sites in what it described as a defensive action after Iran launched four attack drones toward the Strait of Hormuz.

According to the military, all four drones were shot down after they “posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic.” The radar sites targeted in the US strikes were located in Goruk and on Qeshm Island, CENTCOM said.

The exchange came days after Iranian drones heavily damaged a passenger terminal at Kuwait’s main airport, killing one person, wounding dozens and briefly shutting down the facility.

Hours after the overnight US strikes, Kuwait’s military said it was responding to “hostile” missile and drone attacks. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps later claimed responsibility for attacks on Kuwait and Bahrain, saying it had targeted American military bases in the two Gulf states in retaliation for the US attacks.

US military officials said Iran had launched seven ballistic missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain.

Several ballistic missile interceptions seen in the last few minutes over Bahrain. pic.twitter.com/wWYmJRyMYD — OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 6, 2026

Several ballistic missile interceptions seen in the last few minutes over Bahrain. pic.twitter.com/wWYmJRyMYD

— OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) June 6, 2026

In a statement posted to X, US Central Command said it intercepted six of the missiles, while the seventh “did not reach its intended target.”

“There are currently no reports of harm to US personnel, and Iranian claims of damaging US 5th Fleet headquarters in Bahrain are false,” CENTCOM said.

The latest exchange marked another escalation in a series of tit-for-tat attacks that have tested the tenuous ceasefire and complicated efforts to secure a broader agreement extending the truce.

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Despite the attacks raising new concerns that the ceasefire could collapse, Trump told reporters Friday that “the situation with Iran seems to be going quite well.”

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