WASHINGTON, United States — The United States and Iran exchanged military strikes on Monday, June 1, 2026, as negotiations to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz stalled.
Okay News reports that the US military announced it conducted self-defense strikes on Iranian radar and drone control sites in the southern part of Iran over the weekend. The strikes were carried out in response to the downing of a US MQ-1 drone.
Shortly after the American strikes, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they targeted an air base from which the attack originated used by the US military, according to state broadcaster IRIB on Monday. The Kuwaiti military stated that its air defenses intercepted hostile missile and drone attacks, without specifying the origin of the attacks.
The military actions coincided with stalled diplomatic talks regarding Iran‘s nuclear programme and the ongoing conflict in Lebanon. Trump has proposed a tougher new framework for a potential deal, stating on Truth Social late Sunday that the agreement “states, very clearly, that Iran will not have a Nuclear Weapon”. In an interview with Lara Trump on her Fox News show, Trump said, “The one guarantee that I have to have is that there will be no nuclear weapons. They’ve agreed to that, and it was very interesting.”
Tehran has rejected these assertions and demanded the release of $12 billion in frozen assets before entering substantive negotiations. Iran‘s top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, said in a video broadcast on state television, “We will not approve any agreement until we are certain that the rights of the Iranian people have been upheld.” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that “until a clear conclusion is reached… everything that is being said now is speculation”.
Disagreements also remain over control of the Strait of Hormuz shipping lanes. The ISNA news agency on Saturday quoted Iranian lawmaker Alireza Salimi as saying a plan for Iranian management and sovereignty over the strait, including administrative fees, would soon go before parliament.
The conflict has also intensified on the Lebanese front, where an Israeli strike in southern Lebanon killed eight people, including three women, on Sunday. The UN Security Council will hold an emergency meeting on Monday regarding the widening offensive by Israel following its capture of the strategic medieval castle of Beaufort. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the retaking of Beaufort “a dramatic shift.”
