Iranians stand next to the symbol of a Kheibar missile as they take part in a rally in support of the country’s supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei and commemorate Eid al-Ghadir in Tehran on June 4, 2026.
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Iran reportedly fired missiles at Israel on Sunday, while a tenuous ceasefire between Washington and Tehran is at stake.
Reports of missile launches from Iran come after Iranian Parliament Speaker MB Ghalibaf said in a post for X that the United States’ “naval blockade and violation of Lebanon-related agreements” amount to ceasefire violations.
The White House confirmed to MS NOW that President Donald Trump has been briefed on the resumption of fighting after Iran fired a missile at Israel for the first time since the ceasefire began. The briefing was first reported by Axios.
Ghalibaf said military activity in Lebanon and the ongoing US blockade made “US and regime bases and assets in the region legitimate targets,” according to a translation by X.
CNBC cannot confirm that the missiles were fired. The Associated Press reported Sunday that Israel said Iran had fired missiles at it, and the Israel Defense Forces said it was operating defensive systems after identifying the missiles.
A beam of light illuminates the sky during a missile attack from Iran towards Israel, as seen from Ashkelon, Israel, on June 7, 2026.
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Trump told Fox News on Sunday that the missile strikes “certainly won’t help the negotiations.”
Axios later reported that Trump was going to call Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to urge him not to hit back at Iran.
In a statement to the New York Times, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said the ceasefire “was conditional on a ceasefire on all fronts.”
“Tonight’s operation was a warning and if the attacks are repeated, the responses will be broader,” the statement reads.
A White House official, granted anonymity to speak candidly, told MS NOW that Trump underestimated Iran’s willingness to restart the conflict.
“The recent negotiations with Iran have in many ways exposed a fundamental miscalculation on the part of Trump and the White House,” the official said. The official also said Iran’s “erratic behavior” has put the president in an incredibly challenging situation with no imminent way out.
In a subsequent phone call with the Financial Times, Trump said Netanyahu “will have no choice” but to accept a deal the United States negotiates with Iran, because the US president “has the final say.”
It is less clear whether Iran still wants to reach a deal with the United States.
An Iranian official linked to talks between Washington and Tehran told MS NOW that “a deal with President Trump is no longer feasible at this stage.”
The official blamed Trump for the situation in Lebanon and the current escalation of hostilities.
The fragile ceasefire between the United States and Iran has been in effect since early April. But fighting between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon has complicated the temporary peace as negotiators struggle to reach a deal to end the conflict.
Iran has demanded an end to hostilities in Lebanon and an end to the US blockade of its ports and ships. The United States, in turn, demands that Iran hand over its nuclear material and agree to never obtain a nuclear weapon.
The Trump administration is reportedly considering redirecting Iranian assets to allied Gulf states to pay for rebuilding damage caused by the Iranian attacks.
Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi appeared to respond to those reports by saying that regional governments were “not in a position to demand reparations,” Reuters reported on Sunday. Gharibabadi said in a post on
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