US President Donald Trump said the ceasefire with Iran was still in place despite an Iranian attack on three American destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz that increased fears Friday that the truce was faltering.
The US military said it carried out strikes on Iranian military targets in response, although Tehran accused Washington of initiating the exchange of fire.
The United Arab Emirates said Friday that its air defences were “engaging missile and drone attacks originating from Iran”.
US Central Command (CENTCOM) said in a post on X that Iranian forces launched “multiple missiles, drones and small boats” at the three US warships, but none were hit, and that it “eliminated inbound threats and targeted Iranian military facilities responsible.”
For its part, Iran’s central military command accused the United States of violating the ceasefire by attacking an oil tanker and another ship, saying Tehran’s forces “immediately and in retaliation attacked American military vessels.”
