The U.S. struck Iran on Friday to respond to a drone attack a day earlier on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, a provocation that U.S. President Donald Trump said violated the ceasefire.
U.S. Central Command said the military struck missile and drone locations and coastal radar sites in Iran.
The strikes came shortly after Trump told reporters, “You’ll find out,” whether the U.S. would response to the drone attack.
“I don’t like the fact that they took a shot yesterday, actually four of them,” Trump said at the White House shortly before the U.S. struck back. When asked why there would be strikes when Trump has insisted talks with Tehran are going well, Trump said of Iran: “They’re a little bit different.”
He then abruptly cut off questions and reporters were ushered out of his office.
The British military said on Thursday that a container ship was hit a projectile off the coast of Oman, coming hours after Iran threatened vessels to stop using the route. The United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center said no injuries were reported.
The development came during a fragile time for the U.S. and Iran as they work to negotiate a permanent end to the war. Iran has increasingly challenged the region and the U.S. over its control of the Strait of Hormuz, even with the current interim deal it reached with the U.S. last week.
The attack on the cargo ship happened while a 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.
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The International Maritime Organization halted the evacuations after the attack and said on Friday they won’t resume until there are guarantees that the other ships won’t be attacked.
About 115 ships were able to move out of the strait in recent days, leaving about 500 still 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 U.S.
The U.S. and Iran are still negotiating terms of the deal, including issues such as getting ships through the key strait and addressing the future of Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium. Under the interim deal, the two sides have 60 days to work out the details.
Cargo ship attack poses a test for shipping
Shipping analysts said the drone strike cast 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 prewar averages of 130 or more per day.
At least two tankers reversed course while attempting to transit the strait on the U.N.-backed route near Oman after Iran insisted vessels use only the Teheran-approved routes, according to marine data and analytic firm Lloyd’s List Intelligence.
More than two dozen ships were still transiting the strait’s southern route after the attack, Lloyd’s said Friday.
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 U.S., 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.”
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the plan was a “great achievement” for Israel.
“The most important thing, first and foremost, is that Israel will remain in the security zone in southern Lebanon,” he said, adding that they will stay until Hezbollah is disarmed and no longer poses a threat to Israel.
Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Associated Press writers Ben Finley and Josh Boak in Washington, David McHugh in Frankfurt, Germany, and John Seewer in Toledo, Ohio, contributed to this report.
Carney is supporting the war!
He is MAGA pleasing Trump
His chicken suit is wearing thin, flapping his Eloy and down constantly
From the Tehran Times”The vessels warned by Iran were trying to cross through an unconfirmed route near Omani waters, apparently following instructions from the United States”
Who knows what to believe however not sure Iran would risk the whole lifting of sanctions over something that was agreed on then broken by the u.s.
TDS is strong with some glooobaaal viewers
When dealing with Iran he should go from “drill baby drill” to “burn baby burn”
Anonymous
June 27, 2026 at 2:14 pm
@F*CK GLOBAL! Yet, you MAGAs keeps coming here. It’s like Stockholm syndrome. Sad, bunch. Too bad they shut down Riverview mental institution. Now, you loosers are stuck in your mommas basements.
Is it Elbows Up or Canada makes America Great Again?
@F*CK GLOBAL! Yet, you MAGAs keeps coming here. It’s like Stockholm syndrome. Sad, bunch. Too bad they shut down Riverview mental institution. Now, you loosers are stuck in your mommas basements.
@Matthew: You think trump should “reflect” longer in his reflection pool???
You need to read about Narcissus and his reflecting pool but you are too stupid to know Greek history.
@Joe: You talk like a grade two flunky so you must be a trumper.
I decide. No one else. tee hee…
trump my beeetch!
Ben
June 27, 2026 at 7:51 am
@Joe I may be young but am wise enough to know to not personally insult others in the comments. Be well.
Is it Elbows up or Canada makes American Great Again?
And the winners are…
William west
Matthew
Joe
Come up from your basements – your lunch is waiting for you.
f*ck you global and shove your damned censorship!
@Joe I may be young but am wise enough to know to not personally insult others in the comments. Be well.
Hey Ben you dumb liberal, your boyfriend Carney also supports the war. He also wants to ” Make America Great Again” so Canada is strong. What do you say to that? Go on, make an excuse for him. Don’t forget to lick his butt crack
This is getting old, just finish the damn job. You can’t negotiate with the IRGC. Just finish them off.
To Canadians that think I should care about non-Canadian countries that have failed to create peaceful societies…I bet I will outlive you.
Anyone that supports the current Iranian regime belongs in a work camp until they have reflected long enough to see the error of their way.
Good. I am done paying for the fallout of doing nothing about the world’s terrorists.
Idiot @
cija=death of Canada
AIPAC=death of America
Stop Zionism
Israeli’s lie non stop.
Israeli’s lie so EASY, like normal people talk ABOUT WEATHER.
The war Trump started and Poilievre supported will never end.
Piece of garbage as usual