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| [NY Post] US Central Command (CENTCOM) announced Friday that American forces conducted military strikes on Iran in a “powerful response” to an Iranian drone attack on a commercial ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz. Iranian drone storage facilities and coastal radar sites were hit by US warplanes in retaliation for the Thursday attack on the M/V Ever Lovely, a Singapore-flagged cargo ship.
“CENTCOM forces continue to provide safe passage coordination and support to commercial vessels transiting the strait,” the statement continued. “The U.S. military remains present and vigilant to ensure all aspects of the agreement with Iran are adhered to, obeyed, and in full force and effect.” President Trump telegraphed the US military response to the attack on the Ever Lovely about an hour before CENTCOM’s announcement. “You’ll find out,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office when asked if Iran would face consequences for the cease-fire violation. Vice President JD Vance, who has led the US side in negotiations with Tehran, warned that “violence will be met with violence.” “Iran signed a ceasefire agreement. We have honored it. If they have disagreements about how the MOU is being applied, they can pick up the phone,” Vance wrote on X. “But violence will be met with violence.”
The IRGC claimed it repelled an attack by the US against Sirik Island, which is located on the shores of the Strait of Hormuz, later announcing that it attacked US sites in the Gulf region in retaliation for the American strikes. "If the aggression is repeated, our response will be broader than this," the IRGC said, according to a post by state TV on Telegram. The attack on the fat merchantman happened while a United Nations ...an organization originally established to war on dictatorships which was promptly infiltrated by dictatorships and is now held in thrall to dictatorships... maritime agency was beginning an operation to move stranded ships out of the strait this week, using an alternative route, hugging the shores of Oman rather than sailing through the central part of the strait. The International Maritime Organization halted the evacuations after the attack and said on Friday they won’t resume until there are guarantees that the other ships won’t be attacked. About 115 ships were able to move out of the strait in recent days, leaving about 500 still in the area, said Arsenio Dominguez, the agency’s secretary-general. JD Vance@JDVance: 5:08 PM · Jun 26, 2026 Iran signed a ceasefire agreement. We have honored it. If they have disagreements about how the MOU is being applied, they can pick up the phone. But violence will be met with violence. ********** U.S. Central Command@CENTCOM: 3:36 PM · Jun 26, 2026 U.S. Strikes Iran in Response to Attack on Commercial Vessel TAMPA, Fla. — U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) forces conducted strikes against Iran, June 26, as a powerful response to yesterday’s attack on a commercial ship that was transiting the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites after Iran hit M/V Ever Lovely on June 25 with a one-way attack drone. The Singapore-flagged cargo ship was exiting the Strait of Hormuz along the Omani coast at the time of Iran’s attack. The unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces clearly violated the ceasefire. Furthermore, Iran’s dangerous behavior undermined freedom of navigation as commerce increasingly flows through the vital international trade corridor. CENTCOM forces continue to provide safe passage coordination and support to commercial vessels transiting the strait. The U.S. military remains present and vigilant to ensure all aspects of the agreement with Iran are adhered to, obeyed, and in full force and effect.
[FOX] The U.S. military struck four targets in Iran using six aircraft on Friday, according to a senior U.S. official. The official said the targets were located along Iran’s coastline bordering the Strait of Hormuz as well as on Qeshm Island, a strategic Iranian-controlled island near the vital shipping lane.
Fertilizer shipments begin exiting through Strait of Hormuz [IsraelTimes] Fertilizer shipments through the Strait of Hormuz have begun picking up following an interim deal to end the Iran war, data shows, though analysts say it will take time before they return to pre-conflict levels and provide relief to the market.
The near closure of the critical waterway for most of the conflict, however, sharply reduced those shipments. Since the deal between Washington and Tehran was announced on June 15, around 640,000 metric tons of sulphur — critical for making fertilizers like diammonium phosphate, or DAP — have left the strait for destinations including Indonesia, Morocco, Tanzania and China, according to the latest analysis of flows by price reporting agency Argus. That compares to a total of just 80,000 tons over the course of the 3-1/2 month war. Some 427,000 tons of urea, meanwhile, have also transited the strait in the wake of the interim deal, versus 275,000 tons during the war, the latest data from consultants CRU showed. Shipments of other key fertilizers like phosphates and the fertilizer input ammonia have also edged up post-deal.
Iran warns it may respond to Israeli flights through neighboring airspace [Rudaw] Iran warned on Friday that it could respond if neighboring countries allow Israeli military aircraft to use their airspace for operations against the Islamic Republic, saying such movements constitute a direct threat to its national security. In a statement, Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters said it viewed "the movements and presence of the Zionist regime's terrorist army's military aircraft in the airspace of certain neighboring countries heading toward Iran" as "a dangerous act and a threat against the Islamic Republic of Iran." The military headquarters also warned that Tehran would hold firm if such actions continue. "We declare that if the United States is unable to restrain and control the Zionist regime, the Islamic Republic of Iran will not tolerate any threat against itself and reserves the right to respond to these dangerous actions," the statement said.
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