The US said it had conducted new strikes on Iran in retaliation for a drone attack that struck a container ship in the Strait of Hormuz earlier this week.
US Central Command said American aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites following Tehran’s attack on Thursday on a Singapore-flagged ship, the Ever Lovely, which was exiting the narrow waterway along Oman’s coast.
“The unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces clearly violated the ceasefire. Furthermore, Iran’s dangerous behaviour undermined freedom of navigation as commerce increasingly flows through the vital international trade corridor,” Centcom said on Friday evening.