U.S. Central Command Conducts Strikes on Iranian Missile Sites and Boats
U.S. forces carried out defensive strikes in southern Iran targeting missile launch sites and vessels attempting to lay mines. The action occurred amid ongoing ceasefire and diplomatic talks between the U.S. and Iran.
jpost.comU.S. Central Command said Monday that American forces conducted self-defense strikes in southern Iran against missile launch sites and Iranian boats attempting to lay mines. The strikes targeted a surface-to-air missile site in Bandar Abbas and two vessels near the Strait of Hormuz, according to statements from the command.
U.S. troops from threats posed by Iranian forces. Navy Captain Tim Hawkins, a Central Command spokesperson, stated that the command continues to defend forces while using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire. A surface-to-air missile site and two Iranian boats were eliminated in the strikes, multiple reports confirmed.
U.S. and Iranian forces have observed a ceasefire since April 8. S. Navy enforces a blockade on Iranian ports. Last week, Central Command reported that the blockade redirected 100 vessels and disabled four. CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper said the blockade allows zero trade into and out of Iranian ports, squeezing Iran economically.
More than 200 aircraft and warships, including multiple guided missile destroyers, are supporting the mission.
U.S. Officials from both Washington and Tehran played down hopes for an imminent breakthrough. President Donald Trump said a deal with Iran would either be great and meaningful or there would be no deal. S. would give diplomacy every chance before considering another approach.
“There was a pretty solid thing on the table in terms of their ability to open up the strait, get the strait open, enter into a very real, significant, time-limited negotiation on the nuclear matter, and hopefully we can pull it off.”
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The same facts could be read as the United States violating an active ceasefire by launching unprovoked attacks on Iranian territory and infrastructure, undermining ongoing diplomatic talks.
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