Us Attacks Iran Today as Four Drones Are Downed Near Hormuz
us attacks iran today with US Central Command forces striking a military facility in Iran on Thursday and shooting down four Iranian one-way attack drones around the Hormuz strait. Iranian state broadcaster Irib said the Revolutionary Guards then targeted an American base in Kuwait, while Kuwait’s army said its air defences were intercepting missile and drone threats just before 6am in Kuwait City.
Donald Trump said Tehran wanted a deal but had not yet offered enough, then added, “Either that or we’ll have to just finish the job.” The exchange sharpened the pressure on fragile ceasefire and deal talks, with oil markets already reacting as Brent North Sea crude rose 1.8% to $95.95 a barrel in Thursday morning trade.
US Central Command near Bandar Abbas
US officials said US Central Command forces struck a ground control station in Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth drone. The same forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones around the Hormuz strait, stopping a second wave before it could reach the airspace US forces were watching.
The target selection points to how close the latest exchange came to moving from interception to launch. Bandar Abbas sits on the Strait-facing side of Iran, and the drone activity around that corridor put US and Iranian forces in direct contact over a route that carries wider commercial and military risk.
Iran and Kuwait City
Irib said the Revolutionary Guards targeted an American base in Kuwait on Thursday, and Kuwait’s army described its air defences as intercepting missile and drone threats just before 6am in Kuwait City. Those two accounts do not describe the same action, but they do show the same sequence: an Iranian claim of retaliation and a Kuwaiti response to incoming threats.
The friction point is that both sides were still talking while the military exchange was under way. Ebrahim Azizi said on X, “It is obvious Trump, seeking a way out of this strategic deadlock, alternates between issuing threats and appealing for an agreement,” a line that captures how Tehran is publicly reading Washington’s pressure even as the strikes continue.
Trump, Tehran, and the Strait
Trump said, “No, the strait is going to be open to everybody,” when asked about a possible short-term arrangement for the strait of Hormuz. He also said, “It’s international waters and Oman will behave just like everybody else or we’ll have to blow them up,” linking the shipping route and a regional state to his warning in unusually direct terms.
The immediate issue now is whether the strike-and-retaliation pattern stays limited to drones and facilities or expands into the oil and transit routes already showing strain. Brent North Sea crude moved higher on Thursday, and the next pressure point sits with the talks Trump said Tehran still wants, but has not yet backed with enough to avoid what he called “the job.”
