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United States Central Command, which directs US military forces in the Middle East, said US forces “conducted strikes against Iran, June 26, as a powerful response to yesterday’s attack on a commercial ship that was transiting the Strait of Hormuz”.

The Pentagon statement posted on social media continued:

double quotation mark U.S. aircraft struck Iranian missile 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.

The unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces clearly violated the ceasefire.

The strikes came shortly after Donald Trump was asked if Iran would face any consequences for violating the ceasefire with a drone attack on a commercial ship in the strait on Thursday.

“Well, you’ll find out,” the president told reporters in the Oval Office.