US strikes Iran in retaliation for Strait of Hormuz cargo ship attack
CENTCOM said the strikes hit missile, drone and radar sites after Iran attacked a commercial ship and violated the ceasefire, disrupting shipping lanes.
- American warplanes bombed targets along Iran's southern coast on Friday after President Donald Trump accused Tehran of violating the Ceasefire Agreement by launching drones at commercial ships in the Strait.
- The Ceasefire Agreement, signed last week, stipulates that the Strait of Hormuz—through which 20% of global oil passes—will reopen for 60 days of safe commercial passage.
- Iranian forces fired four drones at commercial ships in the Strait on Thursday, hitting the Singapore-flagged Ever Lovely, while Central Command intercepted three others.
- Following the attack, the United Nations maritime agency paused its mission to guide more than 11,000 stranded ships through the Strait, which had kicked off two days prior.
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The United States launched airstrikes targeting Iranian military sites, following a drone attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, in a new development that increases tensions between Washington and Tehran despite the declared ceasefire agreement between the two sides.
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US launches fresh air strikes on Iran
The United States forces on Friday targeted Iranian missile and drone storage locations as well as coastal radar sites A statement by the US Central Command, CENTCOM, said the attack was in response to the Iranian drone strike on a Singapore-flagged cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. “The unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces clearly violated the ceasefire. “Furthermore, Iran’s dangerous behavior undermined freedo…
US strikes Iran in response to drone attack
WASHINGTON (AP) — The US struck Iran on Friday in response to a drone attack a day earlier on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz. It's the most significant test yet to an interim understanding reached a week ago by the two countries to begin working to end their months-long war and reopen the pivotal waterway.US President Donald Trump said the drone attack violated the ceasefire. The strikes came shortly after Trump told reporters, “You’ll fin…
US and Iran trade strikes, putting fresh strain on Mideast ceasefire
The United States and Iran traded military strikes after Washington on Friday accused Tehran of attacking a cargo ship, jeopardising a fragile ceasefire as diplomats struggle to contain the Middle East war. US Central Command said the American strikes, against Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar positions, were a response to “unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces” that “clearly violated the ce…
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