Iranian authorities said they fired warning shots at ships they claim were violating a blockade, and denied reports of an attack on Iran. The statement contradicts earlier reports suggesting an ongoing strike against Iranian targets.
At 01:05 Jerusalem, Iranian authorities issued a statement — carried by desk-monitored channels — denying that any attack is underway on Iranian territory and asserting that warning shots were fired at ships allegedly violating a blockade. This denial is the latest twist in a night of conflicting accounts that began hours earlier, when unverified reports of explosions near the Bandar Sirik naval base at 02:34 Jerusalem (version 1) prompted a flurry of follow-up reports: by version 4, missiles were said to have been fired at US warships; by version 5, state broadcaster IRIB attributed the blasts to a routine Iranian Navy exercise in the Strait of Hormuz; and by version 6, the same source described warning shots at vessels near Sirik Island. The current statement thus both contradicts earlier attack claims and reframes the same activity as a blockade-enforcement measure.
The thread shows a rapid evolution of sourcing and attribution. The first reports (versions 1–2) were unverified and based on single local sources. By version 3, semi-official Mehr news agency confirmed explosions. By version 4, reports of missiles at US warships emerged. Version 5 saw IRIB, an official channel, characterize the sounds as an exercise. Version 6 again credited a 'field security source' for the warning-shots report. Throughout, no independent or Western corroboration of any attack on Iran has been received; The Zioneer's own June 11 background item on a similar denial of an attack on Tehran (00:29 Jerusalem) reflects the same pattern of official Iranian pushback against speculation.
Background context includes US and Israeli messaging seeking to de-escalate. As The Zioneer reported on June 8, Israel and the US conveyed to Iran that further attacks would not occur if Iran refrained from firing. Separately, a US official told CNN on June 10 that the strikes then under way were a 'warning' unlikely to harm negotiations. CENTCOM has repeatedly denied Iranian claims of hitting US Navy vessels, most recently on June 11 (02:54 Jerusalem). These signals frame the Iranian denial as part of a broader pattern of mutual caution amid high uncertainty.
The key open question remains: what actually happened at Sirik and in the Strait of Hormuz between the initial explosions (first reported at 02:34 Jerusalem) and the official denial (01:05 Jerusalem)? The sequence of reports — explosions, missile fire, an exercise, warning shots — is contradictory and unadjudicated. No independent confirmation of the blockade or of any vessel entering the area has been received.
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