US President Donald Trump has accused Tehran of a “foolish violation” of the Ceasefire Agreement in a Truth Social post as US Central Command (CENTCOM) confirmed renewed strikes against Iran.
In a statement on X, CENTCOM said US forces conducted the strikes in a “powerful response” to Iran’s attack a day earlier on a Singapore-flagged commercial ship that was transiting the Strait of Hormuz.
In the most significant test yet on the interim understanding reached a week ago by the two countries, US aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites.
The US claimed the strikes were in retaliation after Iran hit Singapore’s M/V Ever Lovely with a one-way attack drone.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran shot at least four One Way Attack Drones at Ships traversing the Strait of Hormuz. One of the Drones solidly hit the upper deck of a large and very expensive Cargo Carrying Ship,” Trump said on his social media platform.
He added: “Damage was done, but the Ship was able to proceed on its way. We knocked down three other Drones. Obviously, this is a foolish violation of our Ceasefire Agreement”.
The latest US retaliatory strikes on Iran concluded about an hour after CENTCOM announced the military action, according to a US official who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
At the White House shortly before the action, Trump had said: “I don’t like the fact that they took a shot yesterday, actually four of them”.
Iran’s response
Ebrahim Aziz, who heads the Iranian parliament’s national security commission, responded to Trump on social media saying: “the Strait of Hormuz is governed by Iran, so: Respect the rules” and to “not mistake control for escalation.”
“This is not a violation of the ceasefire; it is ceasefire management,” Azizi wrote.
British container ship hit
The British military said on Thursday that a container ship was hit by a projectile off the coast of Oman, coming hours after Iran threatened vessels to stop using the route.
The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre said no injuries were reported.
United Nations maritime agency
The development came during a fragile time for the US and Iran as they work to negotiate a permanent end to the war.
Iran has increasingly challenged the region and the US over its control of the Strait of Hormuz, even with the current interim deal it reached with the US last week.The attack on the cargo ship happened while the United Nations maritime agency was beginning an operation to move stranded ships out of the Strait this week, using an alternative route, hugging the shores of Oman rather than sailing through the central part of the Strait.
About 500 ships still in the area
The International Maritime Organisation halted the evacuations after the attack and said they will not resume until there are guarantees from Tehran that they will not attack other ships.About 115 ships were able to move out of the Strait in recent days and there are still about 500 in the area, said Arsenio Dominguez, the agency’s secretary-general.The opening of the alternative passage through the Strait was expected to relieve pressure on the world economy and remove Iran’s main source of leverage in ongoing peace talks with the US.
Less than 60 days left for negotiations
Under the interim understanding held a week ago, the two sides have 60 days to work out the details.
The US and Iran are still negotiating the deal’s terms, including issues such as getting ships through the Strait and addressing the future of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium.
Ship movements before the drone strike
Shipping analysts said the drone strike casts a shadow over what had been a growing stream of trapped vessels finally leaving the Gulf and an increasing flow of tankers carrying crude oil.“A week of widening commercial confidence in the Strait of Hormuz has hit its first significant test,” said marine data company Windward on X. It said that while the Strait remains operationally open with 43 transits recorded after the incident, “the pace of normalization has slowed.”On Wednesday before Thursday’s drone strike, 78 vessels transited the Strait, the highest since the war began, although below the pre-war averages of 130 or more per day.
Marine data and analytic firm Lloyd’s List Intelligence has revealed at least two tankers reversed course while attempting to transit the Strait on the UN-backed route near Oman after Iran insisted vessels use only the Tehran-approved routes.More than two dozen ships were still transiting the Strait’s southern route after the attack, Lloyd’s said.
Lebanon and Israel make a step toward peace
Ambassadors from Israel and Lebanon announced an agreement Friday described as a step toward peace following months of conflict between Israeli troops and the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah.Nada Hamadeh, Lebanon’s ambassador to the US, called the framework a move toward “enabling our people to go back to their land and allowing all Lebanese to live in peace, security, and prosperity.”
With input from Reuters
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