U.S. Says It Struck Iranian Military Sites as Tehran Responds with Attack on Air Base

Reuters

The Strait of Hormuz remains blocked as attacks continue despite ceasefire negotiationsved.

The U.S. said it struck Iranian military sites at ‌the weekend and Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Monday it had targeted a U.S. base in response, the latest exchange of attacks amid negotiations to end the three-month-old war.

The U.S. and Iran have sporadically exchanged strikes since their ceasefire took effect in early April as diplomacy aimed at a more durable agreement drags on. A similar exchange occurred last Thursday and was described in near-identical terms by both sides.

The weekend U.S. strikes on Iran's Gulf coast were in response to "aggressive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a U.S. MQ-1 drone that was operating over international waters," the U.S. Central ⁠Command said in a post on X.

"U.S. fighter aircraft swiftly responded by eliminating Iranian air defences, a ground control station, and two one-way attack drones that posed clear threats to ships transiting regional waters," CENTCOM said, adding it will continue to protect U.S. assets and interests during the ongoing ceasefire.

Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Monday it had targeted an air base used by the U.S. in response to the attack on southern Iran, without identifying which base.

Air defences in Kuwait, where a major U.S. base is located, were intercepting missile and drone attacks on Monday as sirens sounded across the country, the state news agency KUNA reported, without providing further details.

In a late night social media ‌post, U.S. ⁠President Donald Trump did not mention the exchange of hostilities, repeating his as-yet unproven claim that Iran "really wants to make a deal".

He berated critics, including what he described as "seemingly unpatriotic Republicans", for negative “chirping” about negotiations to end the conflict.

"Just sit back and relax, it will all work out well in the end - It always does!" he said.

Oil prices rose about 2% in Asia on Monday as the lack of progress in negotiations kept traders on edge.

Source: Reuters



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