Middle East war live: Iran accuses US of 'blatant violation' of peace deal after latest strikes
· France 2427/06/2026 - 09:27
Iran accuses US of 'blatant violation' of peace deal
Iran on Saturday accused the United States of a "blatant violation" of the peace deal reached between the two sides to end the Middle East war after the latest American strikes on the country.
"These brutal attacks, which targeted Iranian coastal surveillance facilities, are a blatant violation" of the memorandum of understanding to end the war, the Iranian foreign ministry said in a statement.
The US military said its forces struck Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar locations on Friday in response to an Iranian attack on a cargo ship transiting the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
27/06/2026 - 09:20
Iran says it struck US-linked targets in response to US attacks
Iran said it struck targets linked to US forces in response to US airstrikes on its southern coast, which it said violated the UN Charter and the war-ending memorandum between the two countries, according to a statement by its foreign ministry.
Iran did not identify the targets or say where they were located.
27/06/2026 - 09:07
UN says Iran nuclear pledge needs 'very strong' verification
The future of any US-Iran peace agreeent would depend on what international inspectors from the IAEA find once they get back inside the country. The head of the nuclear watchdog says technical talks on preventing the development nuclear weapons in Iran have now begun.
27/06/2026 - 02:29
Saudi Aramco resumes oil loading at Ras Tanura in boost to supply
Saudi Aramco resumed crude loadings on Friday at its Ras Tanura terminal in the Gulf after
a near four-month halt, shipping data showed, as the world's biggest oil exporter joined a rush to move cargoes amid industry hopes of a return to normal.
The Saudi oil loadings come even though a ship belonging to Taiwan's Evergreen Marine was hit by an unknown object in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday.
Middle Eastern producers had been ramping up oil and gas output and exports in the lead-up to the interim deal between the United States and Iran to halt the war and reopen the strait
where a fifth of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas supplies used to pass.
27/06/2026 - 00:32
Iran's state media cites Iran's revolutionary guards as saying the force targeted several locations of US army deployment in the region
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said Saturday that they had attacked US sites in the Gulf region in retaliation to American strikes in Iran, according to state television.
The US military had earlier announced that it had struck targets in Iran in response to an attack on a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, which it attributed to Tehran.
"If the aggression is repeated, our response will be broader than this," the Guards said, according to a post by state TV on Telegram.
27/06/2026 - 00:12
US Vance: if Iran has disagreements about how the MOU is being applied, they can pick up the phone
US Vice President JD Vance said on Friday that "violence will be met with violence" after the US struck Iran in the wake of an attack on a commercial vessel in the Strait of Hormuz.
"If they have disagreements about how the MOU is being applied, they can pick up the phone," Vance said on X.
27/06/2026 - 00:06
Hezbollah supporters take to Beirut streets to protest Israel deal
Hezbollah supporters took to the streets of Beirut late Friday in protest at an agreement announced between Israel and Lebanon hours earlier, state media and an AFP correspondent said.
The state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported that "Hezbollah supporters rode motorbikes through the streets of Beirut" including a central area near the parliament and along a road leading to the airport "in protest at the framework agreement announced between Lebanon and Israel", adding that they blocked at least one road with burning tyres.
26/06/2026 - 23:52
Head of the Iranian parliament's national security committee says the "reckless violation of the ceasefire" will lead to "retreat and regret" from US side
26/06/2026 - 23:50
Head of the Iranian parliament's national security committee says Trump has shown no commitment to principles of negotiation or ceasefire.
26/06/2026 - 23:49
Iran says response to fresh US attack will be swift and decisive
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said its response to a fresh US attack against Iran will be "swift and decisive," Iran's State TV reported early on Saturday.
The Guards said they repelled an attack by the US against Sirik Island, which is located on the shores of the Strait of Hormuz.
26/06/2026 - 23:46
26/06/2026 - 23:37
US strikes Iran after Trump says ceasefire was violated
US forces struck Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar positions Friday after Washington accused Tehran of attacking a cargo ship, jolting a fragile ceasefire as diplomats struggled to contain the Middle East war.
US Central Command said the strikes were a response to "unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces" that "clearly violated the ceasefire."
It described the operation as "a powerful response to yesterday's attack on a commercial ship that was transiting the Strait of Hormuz."
Iranian state television, citing a reporter in Sirik, said an explosion was heard late Friday at Taherouyeh pier in the southern port city. It quoted an informed military source as saying the blast was caused by a projectile impact in the area.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, AP, Reuters)