Iran Claims US Violated Ceasefire
U.S. officials said the strikes were defensive and targeted a military site and mines that threatened American forces and shipping, Reuters reported.
- On Wednesday, the United States conducted defensive strikes against a military site in Iran, targeting threats to American forces and commercial traffic while a fragile ceasefire technically remains in effect.
- While Iranian state media circulated reports of a draft memorandum of understanding to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the White House Rapid Response team dismissed the document as "a complete fabrication."
- During a Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, President Donald Trump stated, "They want very much to make a deal," but warned he might "just finish the job" if negotiations stalled.
- U.S. Central Command conducted "self-defense strikes" on southern Iran two days earlier, targeting mines; Tehran responded by claiming ceasefire violations and reserving the right to retaliate.
- Military units remain on high alert following the exchange of fire, as tensions test the limits of the tenuous agreement between the United States and Iran.
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The ceasefire has effectively collapsed amidst last-minute negotiations between the U.S. and Iran to end the war. U.S. forces launched renewed airstrikes on southern Iranian military bases, while the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) retaliated by attacking U.S. air bases. With both countries engaging in fierce exchanges, accusing the other of violating the ceasefire, the peace talks appear to be facing significant difficulties.
Iran and the United States led in the night of Wednesday to Thursday strikes, the most important since the beginning of the truce, putting a little more in jeopardy the negotiations in order to reach an agreement to end the war in the Middle East.
US Strikes Iran Targets Near Hormuz With No Accord in Sight
(Bloomberg) — The US struck Iranian military targets for the second time this week and Kuwait said it responded to missile and drone threats, highlighting the fragility of the ceasefire and the challenge of forging a peace accord that would restore global energy flows.
The US is attacking targets in Iran. The Revolutionary Guards are shooting at an air force base – although the actual ceasefire is apparently even to be extended.
Despite the actual ceasefire, the Iran war threatens to escalate again: for the second time this week, the US is attacking Iran. According to its own statements, it reacted with a "retaliation strike".
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