Iran war: US military hits Iran over cargo vessel attack
Skip next section Trump criticizes Iran for drone attack on cargo vessel; US military hits Iran in retaliation Published 06/26/2026 Published June 26, 2026 Trump
Skip next section Trump criticizes Iran for drone attack on cargo vessel; US military hits Iran in retaliation Published 06/26/2026 Published June 26, 2026 Trump criticizes Iran for drone attack on cargo vessel; US military hits Iran in retaliation US President Donald Trump accused Iran of attacking a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz with four drones on his Truth Social account. "One of the Drones solidly hit the upper deck of a large and very expensive Cargo Carrying ship," while three others were intercepted, Trump said.
The US president said the attack was a violation of an ongoing ceasefire beteen the US and Iran, as laid out in the US-Iran Memorandum of Understanding. US CENTCOM announces fresh strikes on Iran In response, US CENTCOM announced fresh strikes on Iran. "US aircraft struck Iranian missiles and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites after Iran hit M/V Ever Lovely on June 25 with a one-way attack drone. The Singapore-flagged cargo ship was exiting the Strait of Hormuz along the Omani coast at the time of Iran's attack," CENTCOM said.
The Iranian attack on the cargo vessel was first announced by British maritime security agency UKMTO. The agency said the attack did not cause any casualties or environmental impact. Indian seafarers pay the price in US-Iran war To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video It comes as a UN agency is coordinating an evacuation plan of stranded 11,000 seafarers in the Gulf through Hormuz.
The agency, the International Maritime Organization, paused the plan after the attack. Iran has said that any country must coordinate with Iranian authorities if they want to passage through Hormuz.
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