{"id":475043,"date":"2026-05-08T16:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/475043\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T16:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T16:38:18","slug":"iran-accuses-us-of-violating-ceasefire-after-new-attacks-trump-calls-strikes-a-love-tap-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/475043\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran accuses US of violating ceasefire after new attacks. Trump calls strikes a \u2018love tap\u2019 \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"

Iran<\/a> accused \u200cthe United States<\/a> of violating a ceasefire \u200cby targeting two ships at the \u200bStrait of Hormuz<\/a> and attacking civilian areas, the country\u2019s top joint military command \u200bsaid late on Thursday.<\/p>\n

The US targeted \u201can \u2060Iranian oil tanker traveling \u200cfrom Iran\u2019s \u200ccoastal \u200bwaters near Jask toward the Strait of \u2060Hormuz, \u200bas well as another \u200bvessel entering the Strait \u200cof Hormuz near the Emirati \u200bport of Fujairah,\u201d a spokesperson \u2060for Iran\u2019s \u2060Khatam al-Anbiya \u200bCentral Headquarters said in a statement carried by state media.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the same time, with the co-operation of some regional countries, they \u200ccarried out \u2060air attacks on civilian areas along the coasts of \u200cBandar Khamir, Sirik, and Qeshm Island.\u201d<\/p>\n

The \u200cUS military said it carried \u200cout retaliatory strikes on Iran on \u200bThursday, targeting sites it said were responsible for attacking \u200bUS forces in what it \u2060called unprovoked hostilities by \u200cTehran.<\/p>\n

\u201cU.S. \u200cCentral \u200bCommand (CENTCOM) eliminated inbound threats and targeted Iranian \u2060military \u200bfacilities responsible \u200bfor attacking U.S. forces \u200cincluding missile and drone \u200blaunch sites; command and \u2060control locations; \u2060and \u200bintelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance nodes,\u201d the military said in a statement.<\/p>\n

It added Iran had launched multiple \u200cmissiles, drones \u2060and small boats as three US navy \u200cdestroyers transited the Strait of Hormuz. No \u200bUS military assets were hit by the \u200bIranians, the US military said.<\/p>\n

\u200cUS president Donald Trump<\/a> \u200btold ABC News \u200bthat \u200cthe \u200bceasefire \u2060with Iran \u200bremained \u200bin \u200cplace despite new \u200bstrikes, \u2060according \u2060to \u200ban ABC reporter \u200con \u2060X, adding that the strikes are just a \u201clove tap\u201d.<\/p>\n

Iranian state media, \u2060citing an unnamed military official, said US military naval units operating in the area of \u200bthe strait came under Iranian missile fire following an attack by the US \u200bmilitary on an Iranian oil tanker.<\/p>\n

US \u200cmilitary \u200bvessels were forced to retreat after sustaining damage from Iranian missile \u2060strikes, it \u200badded. It was unclear \u200bwhen the incident happened.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s semi-official news \u200cagency Tasnim reported that three \u200bUS destroyers near the strait were targeted \u2060in an \u200battack by the Iranian navy. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

The US military said that US forces hit \u200cthe tanker\u2019s rudder with an F-18 fighter jet.<\/p>\n

This is not the first time the two sides have exchanged fire since the ceasefire started.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the US military said it destroyed six Iranian small boats and intercepted Iranian cruise missiles and drones as Tehran sought to thwart a US naval effort to open shipping through the strait.<\/p>\n

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Earlier on Thursday, both countries were edging toward a temporary agreement to halt their war, sources \u200cand officials said, with Tehran reviewing a proposal that would stop the fighting but leave the most contentious issues unresolved.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s foreign ministry spokesperson said Tehran had not yet reached a conclusion on the emerging plan, which according to the sources centres on a short-term memorandum rather than a comprehensive peace \u200bdeal, underscoring deep divisions between the two sides. <\/p>\n

Hopes that even a partial deal could lead to the reopening of the strait moved markets, with oil prices falling<\/a> again.<\/p>\n

Tehran and Washington have scaled back ambitions for a sweeping settlement as differences persist, particularly over Iran\u2019s nuclear programme \u2013 including the fate of its highly enriched uranium stockpiles and how long Tehran would halt nuclear work.<\/p>\n

Instead, they are working toward a temporary arrangement set out in a one-page memo aimed at preventing a return to conflict and stabilising shipping through \u200bthe strait, the sources and officials said.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur priority is that they announce a permanent end to war and the rest of the issues could be thrashed out once they get back to direct talks,\u201d a senior Pakistani official involved in mediation between the two sides told Reuters.<\/p>\n

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The proposed framework would unfold in three \u2060stages: formally ending the war, resolving the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz and initiating a 30-day window for negotiations on a broader agreement, according to the sources and officials.<\/p>\n

Tehran said its foreign minister Abbas Araghchi held a \u200ctelephone \u200ccall on \u200bThursday with Ishaq Dar, his counterpart in Pakistan<\/a>, which has taken a leading role in mediation efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe remain optimistic,\u201d Pakistan\u2019s foreign ministry spokesperson Tahir Andrabi told a briefing in Islamabad when asked how quickly a deal could come.<\/p>\n

\u201cA simple answer would be that we expect an agreement sooner rather than later.\u201d<\/p>\n

Donald Trump \u2013 who has repeatedly played up the prospect \u2060of a breakthrough since the war began on February 28th with US-Israeli strikes on Iran \u2013 has also \u200bstruck an optimistic tone.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey want to make a deal … it\u2019s very possible,\u201d he told reporters at the White House on Wednesday, \u200badding later that \u201cit\u2019ll be over quickly\u201d.<\/p>\n

The proposal would formally end the conflict in which full-scale warfare was paused by a ceasefire announced on April 7th. But it leaves unresolved key US demands that Iran suspend its nuclear work and reopen the strait, \u200cthe sources said.<\/p>\n

In a sign of the US keeping up pressure, it imposed sanctions on \u200bThursday on Iraq\u2019s deputy oil minister and three militia leaders over what it said was their support for Iran. <\/p>\n

\"AA view of destroyed buildings is pictured at the site of an Israeli air strike that targeted the southern Lebanese village of Habbouch on Thursday. Photograph: Abbas Fakih\/AFP via Getty <\/p>\n

Israel, which has also been fighting Iran-backed Hizbullah in Lebanon, said on Thursday it had killed a Hizbullah commander in an air strike \u2060on Beirut a day earlier, the first Israeli attack on the Lebanese capital since a ceasefire there \u2060was agreed last month. <\/p>\n

Hizbullah triggered its latest conflict with Israel by \u200bopening fire in support of Iran on March 2nd. A halt to Israeli strikes in Lebanon is another key Iranian demand in negotiations with Washington.<\/p>\n

Israel and Lebanon will hold talks in Washington \u200con \u200cMay 14th and 15th, a \u200cUS state department official said on Thursday. <\/p>\n

The state department official did not say who would participate in the meeting. US secretary of state Marco Rubio said \u200con Tuesday that peace was achievable but required Lebanon\u2019s government to have \u200cthe capability to fight Hizbullah.<\/p>\n

Iranian officials signalled scepticism over the US proposal to end the wider war. A foreign ministry spokesperson said Tehran would respond in due course, while Iranian politician Ebrahim Rezaei described the proposal as \u201cmore of an American wish list than a reality\u201d.<\/p>\n

Iran\u2019s parliament speaker Mohammad Baqer Ghalibaf appeared to mock reports that indicated the two sides were close, writing on social media that \u201cOperation Trust Me Bro failed\u201d and portraying the talks as US spin after its failure to reopen the strait.<\/p>\n

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Trump on Tuesday paused a two-day-old naval mission \u200caimed at reopening the blockaded strait, citing progress in talks.<\/p>\n

NBC \u2060News, citing two unnamed US officials, said Trump decided on the pause after Saudi Arabia suspended the US military\u2019s ability to use a Saudi base for the operation.<\/p>\n

Saudi officials were surprised and angered by Trump\u2019s announcement that the US would help escort ships through the Strait, leading them to tell Washington they would deny the US permission to fly military aircraft out of a Saudi base or through Saudi airspace, NBC reported.<\/p>\n

The \u200cWhite House did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the report. The US military has kept up its own blockade on Iranian ships. \u2013 Reuters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Iran accused \u200cthe United States of violating a ceasefire \u200cby targeting two ships at the \u200bStrait of Hormuz…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":475044,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[9,10,356,35808,13,14,6,21029,18929,71,11,12,14407,15,16,5,2214,168834,7,8,384,65,66,67],"class_list":{"0":"post-475043","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breakingnews","10":"tag-donald-trump","11":"tag-energy-costs","12":"tag-featured-news","13":"tag-featurednews","14":"tag-headlines","15":"tag-hizbullah","16":"tag-iran","17":"tag-israel","18":"tag-latest-news","19":"tag-latestnews","20":"tag-lebanon","21":"tag-main-news","22":"tag-mainnews","23":"tag-news","24":"tag-pakistan","25":"tag-strait-of-hormuz","26":"tag-top-stories","27":"tag-topstories","28":"tag-united-states","29":"tag-world","30":"tag-world-news","31":"tag-worldnews"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@ie\/116539943548879589","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=475043"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/475043\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/475044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=475043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=475043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=475043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}