The US military has carried out strikes on Iranian missile and drone storage sites after ships were struck by drones in the Strait of Hormuz.
The strikes were in retaliation for an Iranian attack on a commercial ship Thursday. The US has said Iran hit M/V Ever Lovely with a one-way attack drone.
It comes after US President Donald Trump accused Iran of a “foolish violation” of the ceasefire agreement, claiming Tehran fired at least four kamikaze drones at ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
The US president said in a post on Truth Social that one drone damaged a cargo ship, but the other three were “knocked down”. He did not name the ship, but it came hours after a Taiwanese-operated ship was fired on by Iran.
“Obviously, this is a foolish violation of our Ceasefire Agreement,” the president said.
The United Nations shipping agency temporarily paused its effort to evacuate hundreds of stranded ships and thousands of seafarers from the Gulf after the Taiwanese ship was damaged in the attack close to the Omani side of the waterway.
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So far it is understood that Sirik in southern Iran has been impacted. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed to “repel” the US attack.
The US claimed to target Iranian missile and drone storage locations, as well as coastal radar sits.
It remains unclear how these strikes have impacted Iran.
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The US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported a “powerful response” to an attack on the M/V Ever Lovely on Thursday.
The Singapore-flagged cargo ship was exiting the Strait of Hormuz along the Omani coast at the time of Iran’s attack.
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A US aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites, CENTCOM reported.
The US claimed that Iran hit M/V Ever Lovely, a Singapore-flagged cargo ship, in an act of “unwarranted aggression” that “clearly violated the ceasefire.”
“Furthermore, Iran’s dangerous behavior undermined freedom of navigation as commerce increasingly flows through the vital international trade corridor,” CENTCOM added.
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