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  • Published: Tue Jun 2, 2026, 7:22 AM

US says 'defeated' Iranian missile attacks in Gulf; Washington strikes Qeshm Island

By:Salma El OmlaPoojaraj Maniyeri
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Key Events

Summary

  • Trump expects Iran ceasefire extension, Hormuz reopening deal 'over the next week'
  • Iran says final text still under review in Tehran; no response sent to US
  • Bahrain bans citizens from travelling to Iran, Iraq amid regional tensions
  • Israel keeps up strikes on south Lebanon despite Trump claims of no further escalation
  • Trump says reports that Iran, US stopped talking are 'false, erroneous'
  • US conducts strikes on Qeshm Island 'in response to attempted attacks by Iran'
  • Iranian missiles launched toward Kuwait failed; three missiles launched at Bahrain were intercepted US military said
  • IRGC says it attacked US Fifth Fleet headquarters; US refutes claim
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  • 3:52 AM, Jun 03, 2026

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  • 3:47 AM, Jun 03, 2026

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    quote    Where they lead, one never knows, but as I told Iran, "It’s time, one way or another, for you to make a Deal. You’ve been doing this for 47 years, and it cannot be allowed to go on any longer!"

    Donald Trump

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  • 6:49 PM, Jun 02, 2026

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  • 6:46 PM, Jun 02, 2026

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    quote    There is the prospect before us... that, for the first time, certainly in my memory, they have agreed to negotiate aspects of their nuclear program that just a month ago, just a year ago, they were refusing to even mention, much less enter into discussions about.

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  • 1:06 PM, Jun 02, 2026

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  • 1:06 PM, Jun 02, 2026

    Israeli drone strike kills father, two children returning from exams in Lebanon

  • 12:40 PM, Jun 02, 2026

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  • 12:26 PM, Jun 02, 2026

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  • 11:51 AM, Jun 02, 2026

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  • 11:48 AM, Jun 02, 2026

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  • 10:22 AM, Jun 02, 2026

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  • 7:35 AM, Jun 02, 2026

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