{"id":157933,"date":"2026-06-13T05:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-13T05:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/157933\/"},"modified":"2026-06-13T05:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T05:46:10","slug":"us-downs-iranian-drones-in-strait-of-hormuz-despite-peace-deal-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/157933\/","title":{"rendered":"US downs Iranian drones in Strait of Hormuz despite peace deal progress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/united-states?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">United States<\/a> said it downed multiple Iranian drones targeting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz early on Saturday, hours after both sides said a deal to end the Middle East war was closer than ever.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The interception came after weeks of halting talks between Tehran and Washington, mediated by Pakistan, that have been marked by threats and exchanges of fire despite a fragile truce agreed in April.<\/p>\n<p>US Central Command (CENTCOM), which oversees operations in the region, posted on social media that <a target=\"_self\" class=\"e1yy41x40 ef9u0v01 css-1ankfgb ecgc78b0\" href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/topics\/iran?module=inline&amp;pgtype=article\" title=\"\" data-qa=\"BaseLink-renderAnchor-StyledAnchor\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Iran<\/a> had \u201claunched multiple one-way attack drones in an attempt to strike commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz\u201d.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">\u201cUS forces have downed all of them in recent hours as traffic flow through the strait continues unimpeded,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">CENTCOM added that the Strait of Hormuz \u2013 a key maritime trade route for oil and gas from the Persian Gulf \u2013 \u201cremains open for transit\u201d, despite an Iranian-enforced blockade since the start of the war.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Monday. Photo: Reuters\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/8d0f13d5-29c3-4759-8888-0e69cf2702fc_1ee99393.jpg\" title=\"Vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Monday. Photo: Reuters\"\/>Vessels anchored in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Musandam, Oman, on Monday. Photo: Reuters<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Disagreements between the two sides have persisted, with Iranian state media publishing a breakdown of what was purportedly on the table that was at odds with Washington\u2019s account.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United States said it downed multiple Iranian drones targeting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz early&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":157934,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[28],"tags":[211,141,19794,102,34,3611,37,1093,21855,187,650,16816,101,51,1705],"class_list":["post-157933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-strait-of-hormuz","tag-abbas-araghchi","tag-centcom","tag-esmaeil-baqaei","tag-hormuz","tag-iran","tag-iranian-drones","tag-israel","tag-j-d-vance","tag-mehr-news-agency","tag-middle-east-war","tag-pakistan","tag-shehbaz-sharif","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-united-states","tag-washington"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116741222283981060","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157933","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=157933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/157934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=157933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=157933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}