WASHINGTON (TNND) — The U.S. military announced on Saturday that it had struck multiple targets in Iran at President Donald Trump’s direction, continuing a string of attacks that have shaken the war’s uneasy ceasefire.
U.S. Central Command said in a post on X that “Iran had a chance to honor the ceasefire agreement” but “elected not to” when its forces attacked a ship near the Strait of Hormuz earlier Saturday.
Iran had earlier launched a drone assault that targeted Bahrain, while a ship in the Strait of Hormuz separately came under attack Saturday. The strikes come as Tehran’s likely response to the United States’ overnight airstrikes.
The attacks in the Persian Gulf may hint at the Iran war spinning out of control, even after Iran and the U.S. reached an interim ceasefire deal to try and agree on a final accord to end the conflict.
The U.S. had launched overnight airstrikes in response to an Iranian drone attack on a container ship trying to leave the strait on Thursday.
Iran state TV reported explosions north of the Strait of Hormuz.