U.S. and Iran exchange strikes after talks fail

U.S. forces fired a barrage of missiles at Iran in an exchange that occurred on 11 June. The strikes followed weeks of negotiations that failed to produce a peace agreement. Earlier that month, Iran and Israel launched attacks on each other for the first time since mid-April. On 21 March, President Trump issued a 48-hour deadline for Iran to fully open the Strait of Hormuz without threat.

Trump stated he would obliterate Iran’s energy infrastructure if the deadline was not met. He later extended the deadline to 28 March, subject to negotiations. On or before 28 March, President Trump instructed the Department of War to postpone military strikes against Iranian power plants and energy infrastructure for a five-day period.

The postponement was later extended to 6 April. On 31 March, President Trump threatened to obliterate all of Iran’s energy infrastructure and blow up Kharg Island if a deal was not reached soon.

7 April, President Trump wrote on Truth Social that a whole civilisation will die tonight, never to be brought back again. Hours later, a 14-day ceasefire brokered by Pakistan was announced. On 21 April, President Trump stated he expected to be bombing Iran and told Bloomberg the ceasefire would end on Wednesday evening and that it was highly unlikely he would extend it.

Hours later, he announced the ceasefire agreement had been extended indefinitely. On 4-5 May, President Trump announced Operation Project Freedom to guide ships through the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. military was fired at by Iranian forces. U.S. would hit Iran “VERY HARD TONIGHT” and seize Kharg Island along with other oil infrastructure.

U.S. would escalate its military campaign against Iran over the next two to three weeks and hit them extremely hard. On 5 April, he stated Iranians would be living in Hell if the Strait of Hormuz were not opened immediately.