Four boats attempting to cross Hormuz were forced to turn back. The news was confirmed by Iranian state TV. The Iranian news agency Tasnim reports that they were intercepted by naval forces while attempting to cross the Strait without having coordinated the maneuver with the Iranian authorities. The boats received but ignored an initial warning from Iranian naval forces, who opened fire. Meanwhile, the United States imposes sanctions on the Persian Gulf Strait Authority, the body created to manage transit requests through the Strait of Hormuz. “Treasury maintains maximum pressure on Iran,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
Pasdaran retaliation, a US military base hit
The Pasdaran announced today that they had targeted an American base in retaliation for attacks previously launched by the United States in southern Iran. This was reported by state television IRIB.
Hezbollah drones in northern Israel, one dead and two injured
A female IDF soldier was killed and two reservists were injured yesterday in a Hezbollah drone attack in northern Israel, near the border with Lebanon. This was announced by the army, quoted by the Times of Israel. The killed woman was identified as Sergeant Rotem Yanai, 20 years old. According to an initial reconstruction, the two drones launched by Hezbollah exploded in a military area on the border. One of the drones killed Yanai as he ran towards a shelter. The second drone seriously injured one reservist and injured another less seriously.
US attack in southern Iran
The US military shot down four Iranian drones and struck a control center in the southern city of Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. An American official said, describing the actions as “purely defensive”https://gazzettadelsud.it/articoli/mondo/2026/05/28/associazione-usa-in-iran-teheran-spara-su-4-navi-a- hormuz-and-strikes-an-american-base-hezbollah-strikes-israel-879a4434-7d8e-4d67-ba58-221f62bd5a22/.”Today, US Central Command forces shot down four Iranian attack drones that posed a threat in the Strait of Hormuz area,” the official, speaking anonymously, said in a statement to AFP.
“US forces also struck an Iranian ground control station in Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth drone,” the official added. The new attacks come just days after the US military attacked several missile sites and minelaying ships in the same area, in what US officials described at the time as a “self-defense” action. The US official described the latest military actions as “measured, purely defensive and aimed at maintaining the ceasefire”. In retaliation, the Pasdaran announced that they had struck an American base.
US sanctions on the Iranian agency created to manage transit to Hormuz
The United States tightens its grip on Iran and imposes sanctions on the Persian Gulf Strait Authority, the body created to manage transit requests through the Strait of Hormuz. “Treasury maintains maximum pressure on Iran,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.