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US attacked the Iranian port of Qeshm and the city of Bandar Abbas, according to media reports

2026-05-08

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[Regnum] Fox News journalist Jennifer Griffin stated on May 7 that US military forces had struck Iranian targets.

"The US military just struck the Iranian port of Qeshm and the city of Bandar Abbas, a senior US official told me," Griffin wrote on social media.

At the same time, the journalist pointed out that new American strikes do not mean a resumption of military action.

Washington has neither officially confirmed nor denied this information.

US strikes Iran following clash in Strait of Hormuz; Trump says ceasefire still in effect

[IsraelTimes] Iran accuses US of violating truce but says situation ‘back to normal’; Trump calls strikes ‘love tap’ but says Iran ‘led by LUNATICS’ and will be hit again if it doesn’t agree to deal

The United States and Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate ~~Jews~~ ~~Zionists~~ Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
exchanged fire on Thursday in the most serious test yet of their month-long ceasefire, but Iran said the situation returned to normal while the US said it did not want to escalate.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch shot Ike through the elbow. Take that, Ike! he yelled......
US President Donald Trump
...The man who was so stupid he beat fourteen professional politicians, a former tech CEO, and a brain surgeon for the Republican nomination in 2016, then beat The Smartest Woman in the World in the general election. Then he beat Kamala while dodging bullets...
told ABC that the truce was still "in effect." But in a social media post, he threatened Iran with further strikes if it did not agree to a deal with the US. Later, he told news hounds that the United States was still negotiating with Iran.

The American military’s Central Command confirmed overnight that it had carried out "self-defense" strikes in Iran in response to "unprovoked Iranian attacks" against US Navy missile destroyers that transited the Strait of Hormuz to the Gulf of Oman. Iran has been blocking the Strait, a key pathway for the global oil supply, since the beginning of the US-Israeli war with the Islamic Theocratic Republic in late February.

Iran’s top joint military command, meanwhile, accused the US of violating the ceasefire by targeting an Iranian oil tanker and another ship, and of carrying out air attacks on civilian areas on Qeshm Island in the strait and on nearby coastal areas of Bandar Khamir Sirik on the mainland.

Iran’s military said it responded by attacking US military vessels east of the Strait of Hormuz and south of the port of Chabahar. A spokesperson for the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said the strikes inflicted "significant damage."

The US military, however, said it intercepted the "inbound threats," and "no US assets were struck."

Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch shot Ike through the elbow. Take that, Ike! he yelled......
the United Arab Emirates said early Friday that its air defenses were "engaging missile and drone attacks originating from Iran." Interception sounds were heard "across various parts of the country," added the Emirati defense ministry, in its post to X. Further details were not immediately available.

Speaking to ABC, Trump sought to downplay the flare-up. "It’s just a love tap," Trump told the news hound, according to her social media post. Iranian state media said after the strikes that the situation was back to normal.

In a Truth Social post, Trump wrote that the American destroyers were not damaged but "great damage was done to Iranian attackers." He threatened Iran with further attacks unless it quickly agreed to a deal in ongoing talks with the US.

The renewed hostilities broke out as Washington was awaiting Iran’s response to a US proposal that would stop the fighting but leave the most contentious issues, such as Iran’s nuclear program, unresolved for now. Tehran said it had not yet reached a conclusion on the emerging plan.

"A normal country would have allowed these destroyers to pass, but Iran is not a normal country. They are led by LUNATICS, and if they had the chance to use a nuclear weapon, they would do it, without question," Trump wrote. "But they’ll never have that opportunity and, just like we knocked them out again today, we’ll knock them out a lot harder, and a lot more ~~violent~~ mostly peacefully, in the future, if they don’t get their deal signed, FAST!"

The two sides have occasionally exchanged gunfire since the ceasefire took effect on April 8.

In the most recent clash, CENTCOM said Iran had used missiles, drones and small boats, which targeted three Navy destroyers. The US said it targeted missile and drone sites and other locations in response.

"CENTCOM does not seek escalation but remains positioned and ready to protect American forces," the statement added.

Iran’s Press TV later reported that following several hours of fire, "the situation on Iranian islands and coastal cities by the Strait of Hormuz is back to normal now."

On Monday, the US military had 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 of Hormuz. Monday also saw Iran target the UAE with missile fire.

The US effort to open the strait was suspended after Saudi Arabia

...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula, largely made up of sand and oil rigs. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual haj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. Formerly dictatorial and steeped in Olde Tyme Religion, deferring to Salafist holy men on all issues, it has now done a 180 and is making a serious effort to modernize, so as not to be left in the sand by its Gulf Arab neighbors. The holy men have been shoved to the background and the nation is now still dictatorial but somewhat rational. That doesn't make them trustworthy, but it's a start...
and Kuwait restricted the US military’s use of their bases and airspace. According to a Fox News news hound, those restrictions came as Gulf countries were angry that US officials had downplayed the strikes on the UAE.

"The strike on one of Iran’s oil ports comes two days after Iran fired 15 ballistic and cruise missiles at UAE Fujairah Port, eliciting anger from Gulf countries after top Pentagon leaders said Tuesday that the Iranian strikes did not rise to the level of breaking the ceasefire, calling it low-level attacks that didn’t rise to that level," Fox’s Jennifer Griffin posted on X.

But the restrictions have since been lifted, potentially paving the way for the effort to open the strait to begin afresh in the coming days, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing US and Saudi officials.

Separately, the US imposed sanctions on Thursday on Iraq’s deputy oil minister and three militia leaders over what it said was their support for Iran.

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