The United States carries out military strikes on Iran in response to an attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, according to reports. The Nasha Niva report says the action follows shelling tied to the incident in the strategic waterway, where shipping traffic is frequent and tensions remain high. India Today similarly reports that the US strikes Iran after an attack on a cargo ship, framing the strikes as a direct response to the earlier incident involving the vessel. Both accounts present the central sequence of events as: an attack on a cargo ship in or near the Strait of Hormuz, followed by US action against Iran. The sources provided do not include additional specifics such as the exact date and time of the incident, the type and location of the US strikes, the extent of damage, or official statements from either government beyond the stated rationale. The information available here therefore focuses on the claimed cause-and-response relationship between the cargo-ship attack and the subsequent US strikes on Iran, without further operational or casualty details.