The Iran Brief — June 1, 2026

The United States says it struck Iranian military sites over the weekend, including on Qeshm Island and around the Strait of Hormuz, after what it described as aggressive Iranian actions. Iran says it carried out fresh strikes of its own. Kuwait says its air defences intercepted hostile missile attacks on Monday. Today’s episode follows that escalation, the still-unfinished U.S.-Iran diplomacy around uranium removal, and the aftermath of the Minab school strike inside Iran. Read the full written brief and learn about paid multi-country monitoring on Substack: https://threatsandtrends.substack.com/