Will US-Iran peace deal hold? Washington, Tehran trade fresh strikes after attack on ship in Hormuz | Top updates
More than a week after the US and Iran signed a 14-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to end the war, fresh tensions have emerged between
More than a week after the US and Iran signed a 14-point Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to end the war, fresh tensions have emerged between Washington and Tehran. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Saturday (local time) said it targeted US military positions in the region in retaliation for a fresh US strike against the Islamic Republic. Earlier on Friday, the US army struck Iran in response to a drone attack that targeted a cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday (local time). The incident represents the first major challenge to an interim agreement reached last week, under which the two nations agreed to work toward ending their months of conflict and restoring access to the strategically important waterway, AP reported. US-Iran trade strikes putting new strain on ceasefire: Top updates 1. US Central Command on Friday said the American strikes against Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar positions were in response to "unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces" that "clearly violated the ceasefire." It described the operation as "a powerful response to yesterday's attack on a commercial ship that was transiting the Strait of Hormuz." 2. US President Donald Trump said the drone attack on the cargo ship violated the ceasefire.
The strikes came shortly after Trump told reporters, “You’ll find out,” when asked whether the US would respond. He added, "I don’t like the fact that they took a shot yesterday, actually four of them." Trump, who was at the White House when he made these remarks, said of Iran, "They’re a little bit different," when questioned why there would be strikes when he insisted that talks with Tehran were going well. 3. Trump's remarks were reiterated by Vice President JD Vance, who, in a social media post, said that the Islamic Republic should “pick up the phone” if there are disagreements about the ceasefire agreement. He, however, added, "But violence will be met with violence." 4. Responding to Trump on social media, Ebrahim Azizi, who heads the Iranian parliament’s national security commission, said the Strait of Hormuz is governed by Iran and that Washington should respect the rules and must "not mistake control for escalation.” Azizi went on to say that this wasn't a ceasefire violation but rather ceasefire management. 5. Another Iranian official, Ibrahim al-Fiqar, official military spokesperson for Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, the operational command center that coordinates the IRGC and the regular Iranian army, said that Tehran's response to the US attacks will be "unprecedented" this time.
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