US and Iran trade strikes near the Strait of Hormuz
US Central Command says American aircraft struck Iranian missile, drone storage and coastal radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz and on Qeshm Island on Friday, after an Iranian drone hit the Singapore-flagged cargo ship Ever Lovely. On Saturday, Iran said it had targeted America
Cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz are back in the middle of a US-Iran exchange of strikes. On Friday, US Central Command said American aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone storage facilities and coastal radar sites near the Strait of Hormuz and on Qeshm Island, hitting four targets with six land-based aircraft. CENTCOM said it was the first American strike on Iran since the two sides agreed to extend their ceasefire, and that it answered an Iranian drone attack on the Singapore-flagged cargo ship Ever Lovely as it left the strait along the Omani coast. President Trump accused Iran of violating the truce and said Iran had fired at least four attack drones at ships. On Saturday, Iran said it had targeted American sites in the Gulf in response, after vowing to retaliate. The two governments signed a memorandum on June 17 that set a 60-day window to negotiate a deal on Iran's nuclear program, and those talks are still scheduled to run over the next two months. Source: US Central Command, with reporting by CBS News and Al Jazeera.