2 hours ago The US subject has conducted strikes connected Iranian targets aft President Donald Trump accused Iran of a "foolish violation" of its truce pursuing an onslaught connected a cargo vessel successful the Strait of Hormuz.
No casualties were reported erstwhile the vessel was struck by a one-way onslaught drone connected Thursday, an incidental which prompted a planned evacuation of much than 11,000 sailors stuck successful the region.
In response, US Central Command said connected Friday it had struck rocket and drone retention facilities and coastal radar positions. There has been nary remark yet from Iran.
Just moments earlier the strikes were announced, President Trump said "you'll see" erstwhile asked if the US would respond to the Iranian attack.
US Central Command - oregon Centcom - described the strikes arsenic "a almighty response" to the drone onslaught successful a statement.
"The unwarranted aggression against commercialized shipping by Iranian forces intelligibly violated the ceasefire," it besides said.
"Furthermore, Iran's unsafe behaviour undermined state of navigation arsenic commerce progressively flows done the captious planetary commercialized corridor."
Centcom said the US subject would "continue to supply harmless transition coordination and enactment to commercialized vessels transiting the strait".
After US and Israeli attacks against Iran began astatine the extremity of February, Tehran efficaciously closed the strait - a captious waterway for lipid and state shipments - causing a spike successful planetary lipid prices and choking disconnected shipments of different important commodities specified arsenic fertiliser.
The US and Iran agreed connected 17 June to extremity hostilities nether a 14-point memorandum of understanding, which had besides called for Iran to usage its "best efforts for the harmless transition of commercialized vessels with nary complaint for 60 days".
Speaking to reporters astatine the White House connected Friday afternoon, Trump refused to beryllium drawn into questions connected however the US mightiness respond, oregon whether helium viewed the ceasefire arsenic inactive intact.
"You'll find out," helium said. "I don't similar the information that they took a changeable yesterday. They shouldn't beryllium doing that."
Asked wherefore helium believed Iran would behaviour specified an operation, Trump said lone that "they're a small spot different".
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