{"id":103241,"date":"2026-05-08T00:45:20","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/103241\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T00:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T00:45:20","slug":"us-and-iran-exchange-fire-as-trump-says-war-will-be-over-quickly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/103241\/","title":{"rendered":"US and Iran exchange fire as Trump says war will \u2018be over quickly\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The U.S. military launched strikes at Iranian military facilities Thursday after Iran launched missiles, drones and small boats at three U.S. Navy vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz toward the Gulf of Oman, according<\/a> to U.S. Central Command.<\/p>\n

The U.S. fired at Iranian missile- and drone-launch sites, command-and-control locations, and intelligence and surveillance hubs after \u201cunprovoked\u201d Iranian attacks against Arleigh Burke-class destroyers USS Truxtun, USS Rafael Peralta and USS Mason.<\/p>\n

\u201cCENTCOM does not seek escalation but remains positioned and ready to protect American forces,\u201d CENTCOM said.<\/p>\n

No U.S. vessels were struck as a result of the attacks.<\/p>\n

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Despite the uptick in military activity, President Donald Trump told<\/a> ABC News on Thursday that U.S. strikes against Iranian targets were just a \u201clove tap\u201d and that the ceasefire was still in effect.<\/p>\n

On Monday, the U.S. destroyed six Iranian small boats<\/a>, as well as cruise missiles and drones, that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched against ships the U.S. was escorting<\/a> through the strait as part of Project Freedom, which has since been paused.<\/p>\n

On Wednesday, Trump said<\/a> the war would \u201cbe over quickly\u201d at an event for Georgia Republican gubernatorial candidate Burt Jones.<\/p>\n

The U.S. and Iran are reportedly<\/a> deliberating over a peace memorandum that would end the war and halt Iran\u2019s nuclear program.<\/p>\n

Riley Ceder is a reporter at Military Times, where he covers breaking news, criminal justice, investigations, and cyber. He previously worked as an investigative practicum student at The Washington Post, where he contributed to the Abused by the Badge investigation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The U.S. military launched strikes at Iranian military facilities Thursday after Iran launched missiles, drones and small boats…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103242,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[141,1530,1529,1528,34,16070,1531,101,392,34574,35842,34843,35894],"class_list":{"0":"post-103241","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-iran","8":"tag-centcom","9":"tag-circulated-defense-news","10":"tag-circulated-military-times","11":"tag-circulated-navy-times","12":"tag-iran","13":"tag-iran-ceasefire","14":"tag-navy-times","15":"tag-strait-of-hormuz","16":"tag-trump","17":"tag-uss-mason","18":"tag-uss-rafael-peralta","19":"tag-uss-truxtun","20":"tag-war-over-quickly"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116536195427315804","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103241"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103241\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103242"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}