US says it has targeted Iranian military facilities after responding to attacks on navy ships
- On Thursday, U.S. Central Command struck Iranian military facilities on Qeshm Island and near Bandar Abbas in retaliation for unprovoked Iranian attacks on three U.S. Navy destroyers transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
- The exchange threatens the fragile ceasefire active since April 8. Iranian military officials alleged the U.S. violated the truce by targeting an oil tanker; U.S. Central Command explicitly denies this claim.
- U.S. forces intercepted multiple Iranian missiles, drones, and small boats with no American assets reported hit. President Donald Trump called the strikes a "love tap," insisting the ceasefire remains in effect.
- The United Arab Emirates' Ministry of Defence reported its air defences engaged incoming missile and drone threats early Friday. Hundreds of commercial ships remain trapped in the Persian Gulf due to the conflict.
- Prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz threatens global energy prices and risks wider escalation. Trump threatened "harsher military action" if Tehran rejects a deal, warning future strikes will be "a lot more violently" conducted.
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U.S. and Iran Exchange Fire in Strait of Hormuz; Peace Proposal Still Under Review
U.S. and Iranian forces exchanged fire near the Strait of Hormuz, putting a month-old ceasefire under renewed pressure. U.S. military officials said three Navy destroyers came under missile, drone, and small-boat attacks while moving through the waterway. Officials said no U.S. vessels were damaged. The U.S. said it carried out retaliatory strikes on Iranian military sites, including missile and drone launch positions, command centers, and surve…
The bombings resumed in the Strait of Ormuz on the night of Thursday, 7th to Friday, 8th May, and two versions oppose the identity of the country at the origin of the hostilities. According to the United States, Tehran first targeted American warships. This obviously contradicts the Iranian official version: "The American army, in a gesture of aggression, targeted an Iranian tanker". (International).
The situation in the Strait of Ormuz, the world's main oil artery, remains the biggest friction point between Washington and Tehran. Iran had announced the opening of the Strait, but again imposed "strict control" over Ormuz after denouncing that the U.S. persists in obstructing its maritime transit. Diplomatic contacts began after the U.S. and Israel launched, on 28 February, a large-scale joint attack that led to the demise of Iran's supreme l…
US Fires on Iranian Targets as Trump Demands Deal From Tehran
(Bloomberg) — The US struck military targets in Iran after the country fired on three Navy destroyers sailing in the Strait of Hormuz, an escalation that threatened to fracture a fragile ceasefire and reignite hostilities even as the two sides say they’re discussing an end to the war.
U.S. and Iran exchange fire in Strait of Hormuz
Iranian forces attacked three U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyers transiting the Strait of Hormuz on May 7 with missiles, drones, and small boats, and U.S. forces struck back, hitting Iranian missile and drone launch sites, command and control locations, and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance nodes. U.S. Central Command announced that USS Truxtun (DDG 103), USS Rafael […]
Iran latest: US, Iran exchange attacks threaten the fragile ceasefire
On Thursday, the U.S. military said it intercepted Iranian attacks on three Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz, targeting Iranian military facilities that were allegedly responsible for the attack. The United Arab Emirates responded to missile and drone attacks just hours after the U.S. retaliated against Iran. In this handout photo provided by U.S. Central Command, Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) implem…
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