Trump Says Ceasefire Holds After US and Iran Strikes in Hormuz — Us And Iran News
Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was still in effect after us and iran news broke of US and Iranian forces trading strikes in the Strait of Hormuz. He said the United States and Iran were still negotiating after the exchange, even as the US military’s Central Command described its response as defensive strikes.
“The ceasefire is going – it’s in effect,” Trump told US ABC News. He also called the US strikes “It’s just a love tap.”
Central Command and Iran
The US military’s Central Command said it carried out defensive strikes on Iranian assets after unprovoked Iranian attacks on three US destroyers in the strait. Iran’s top joint military command accused the United States of violating the ceasefire by targeting two ships in the waterway and attacking civilian areas.
Trump later told reporters in Washington DC, “I believe they want the deal more than I do,” and said an agreement with Tehran on ending the war might not happen, but could happen any day. He also said, “Yeah, it is. They trifled with us today. We blew them away. They trifled. I call that a trifle.”
Qeshm Island and Bandar Abbas
Iranian state media said Iranian armed forces also exchanged fire with the United States on Qeshm Island in the Strait of Hormuz. Qeshm Island is the largest Iranian island in the Gulf and is home to about 150,000 people. The island also houses a water desalination plant, according to the as cited in the source.
Iranian state media reported loud noises and what it called defensive fire in western Tehran. Explosions were also heard near Bandar Abbas in southern Iran, according to the semiofficial Iranian news agencies Fars and Tasnim.
The immediate issue for shipping and nearby communities is the same one that brought the strait into the headlines: armed fire is still being exchanged in the waterway, while Washington says the ceasefire remains in force and talks with Tehran continue. The next move rests with the same two capitals that have already traded strikes and accusations in public.
