Iran fires several drones at Bahrain in first tit-for-tat strikes with US since deal signed

By AFP 27 June 2026, 12:10 pm

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Cars drive past a billboard that reads, "Bahrain is Safe... Because you are its People" in Manama on June 25, 2026. Top US diplomat Marco Rubio was in Bahrain on June 25, after promising Gulf allies that Washington would protect their interests as it seeks to hammer out a final settlement to end the war with Iran. (Photo by Eric Lee / POOL / AFP)

MANAMA, Bahrain — Bahrain’s foreign ministry says that it had been targeted by several Iranian drones, accusing Tehran of sabotaging peace efforts after the United States and Iran traded strikes for the first time since signing an agreement to end the Middle East war.

The ministry expresses Bahrain’s “strongest condemnation of the targeting of its territory at dawn today by several Iranian drones, in flagrant violation of its sovereignty,” saying Iran’s attacks were “sabotaging peace efforts.”

Iran on Saturday accused the US of violating the peace deal agreed to end the conflict, after Washington launched strikes on Iranian territory and Tehran said it had responded with attacks on US targets in the Gulf.