Iran War latest news: Key Developments June 3
- The military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei warned of more missile and drone strikes should the United States renew its attacks on Iran.
- US President Donald Trump said Iran has agreed it will not obtain a nuclear weapon and claimed that Iran’s supreme leader is involved in negotiations with the United States. Trump also said he could meet Iran’s supreme leader at some point in the future.
- Tensions across the Middle East rose sharply after Iran launched missiles toward Kuwait and Bahrain, while the United States carried out fresh strikes on Iran’s Qeshm Island, opening a new front in the already volatile regional conflict.
- US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the military action on Qeshm Island was a direct response to attempted Iranian attacks across the Middle East and involved strikes on an Iranian military ground control station.
- Kuwaiti civil aviation authorities said the country’s main airport has partially reopened after sustaining damage in an Iranian attack.
- CENTCOM stated that Iran fired several ballistic missiles toward regional neighbours, but none successfully reached their intended targets.
- Earlier on the same day, the US military said it had disabled an oil tanker traveling toward an Iranian port by striking the vessel with a Hellfire missile.
- The IRGC said it launched missiles at a Liberian-flagged vessel identified as the Panaya near the Strait of Hormuz
- Rubio has ruled out lifting sanctions on Iran in return for a full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz, saying any sanctions relief would depend on Tehran giving up its stockpile of enriched uranium.
- Brent crude oil is trading at approximately $95.95 to $96.15 per barrel.
- Trump denied reports that US-Iran talks had stalled, calling them “fake news.”

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