Multiple outlets report that the United States carries out new air and/or strike operations in Iran, targeting a military site described by US officials as posing a threat to American forces and commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz. Reuters, cited by several sources, says the strikes occur after earlier US actions and while negotiations involving a US-Iran memorandum of understanding are ongoing. One US official says Iranian one-way attack drones are launched and that American forces intercept some of them; another account says the targeted site is a ground control station in or near Bandar Abbas, believed to be about to support further drone launches.
Iranian statements reported by outlets say the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps claims it strikes at least some ships in the Strait of Hormuz. Other reports note explosions near the strait and say Gulf states intercept Iranian attacks on US-linked targets. Outlets also link the intensified exchanges to US President Donald Trump’s public comments that he will respond forcefully if negotiations do not progress, while UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns against a slide into full war.
Overall, sources describe ongoing, reciprocal military activity involving drones and strikes around a critical maritime chokepoint during a period of negotiations.
