US Aircraft Strike Iranian Missile Sites and Coastal Radar After Drone Attack on Cargo Ship Violates Hormuz Ceasefire Agreement
US Strikes Iran After Drone Hits Cargo Ship in Strait of Hormuz Ceasefire Violation. US Aircraft Strike Iranian Missile Sites and Coastal Radar After Drone Attack on Cargo Ship Violates Hormuz Ceasefire Agreement.
CBS News reports that the US military struck Iranian targets on June 26, hitting four sites with six land-based aircraft, marking the first American strikes on Iran since both countries extended a fragile ceasefire last week.
US Central Command Hit Missile and Drone Storage Sites and Radar Installations Along the Strait of Hormuz and Qeshm Island
Iran allegedly fired at least four one-way attack drones at ships transiting the Strait on Thursday. One struck the upper deck of the M/V Ever Lovely, a Singapore-flagged cargo ship operated by Evergreen Marine, while US forces knocked down the other three. Evergreen confirmed damage to the ship’s bridge windows but reported no injuries, with the cargo safe and the vessel remaining seaworthy.
Both Sides Accuse Each Other of Breaking the June 17 Memorandum as Iran’s IRGC Claims Retaliatory Strikes on US Installations
President Trump called the drone attack a “foolish violation” of the ceasefire, extended for 60 days in a June 17 memorandum of understanding. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it responded by striking US military positions in the region. Analysts noted the US response appeared more measured than past attacks, distinguishing a strike on a commercial ship from one on a US warship.
The ceasefire was always paper-thin. This exchange proves how fast it can tear. Check out our previous coverage of Middle East geopolitics here.
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