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The US subject says it has changeable down 4 Iranian "one-way onslaught drones" launched toward the Strait of Hormuz, adding that the drones "posed an contiguous menace to determination maritime traffic".
US forces "subsequently struck Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites successful Goruk and connected Qeshm Island to support against further attacks", US Central Command (Centcom) said successful a statement.
Iran has not publically commented connected the incident.
It comes respective days aft Washington and Tehran exchanged strikes, successful an escalation that threatened a shaky ceasefire betwixt the 2 countries.
Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) denied work for the airdrome strike, claiming the harm was caused by an mistake from a US rocket interceptor.
Centcom said this was mendacious and claimed Iran struck the airdrome successful a "deliberate, calculated and unjustified attack".
The IRGC earlier said it had targeted US bases successful the Gulf successful retaliation for US strikes connected an Iranian lipid tanker and Qeshm Island.
The attacks happened arsenic ceasefire negotiations betwixt the US and Iran stalled, with a woody to extremity the warfare failing to advance.
The US and Israel launched wide-ranging strikes connected Iran connected 28 February, sparking struggle crossed the Middle East.
Iran responded by attacking Israel and US-allied states successful the Gulf, and efficaciously closing the Strait of Hormuz, done which astir 20% of the world's lipid and liquefied earthy state travels. The determination sent lipid prices soaring globally.
Shortly aft a ceasefire was agreed successful aboriginal April, the US established a blockade of Iranian ports which President Donald Trump says volition stay "in afloat unit and effect until an statement is reached, certified, and signed".
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