U.S. and Iran Agree to Stand Down, Resume Talks

On Saturday, a Panama-flagged tanker came under fire from an Iranian drone in the waterway.

The U.S. military said it retaliated later that day by striking Iranian military facilities in southern Iran, including surveillance, drone, and mine-laying capabilities.

And President Donald Trump issued a grave warning to Iran: “There may come a point when we are no longer able to be reasonable, and will be forced to militarily complete the job that we very successfully started,” he posted on social media on Saturday night. “If that happens, the Islamic Republic of Iran will no longer exist!”

Shortly after, Iran launched missiles and drones at U.S. military bases in Kuwait and Bahrain. Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said as a result of the U.S. strikes, which it called a cease-fire violation, “all diplomatic processes” would be halted, state-linked Press TV reported. The IRGC navy warned that U.S. bases “will experience hell in the coming days.”