The US struck Iran on Friday to respond to a drone attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, a provocation that US President Donald Trump said violated the ceasefire. The British military said Thursday that a vessel was hit by a projectile off Oman. This comes at a fragile time for the US and Iranian negotiations over interim peace deal. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
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Hezbollah supporters took to the streets of Beirut late Friday in protest at an agreement announced between Israel and Lebanon hours earlier, state media and an AFP correspondent said.
The state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported that “Hezbollah supporters rode motorbikes through the streets of Beirut” including a central area near the parliament and along a road leading to the airport “in protest at the framework agreement announced between Lebanon and Israel”, adding that they blocked at least one road with burning tyres.
Head of the Iranian parliament’s national security committee says the “reckless violation of the ceasefire” will lead to “retreat and regret” from US side
Head of the Iranian parliament’s national security committee says Trump has shown no commitment to principles of negotiation or ceasefire.
Iran says response to fresh US attack will be swift and decisive
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said its response to a fresh US attack against Iran will be “swift and decisive,” Iran’s State TV reported early on Saturday.
The Guards said they repelled an attack by the US against Sirik Island, which is located on the shores of the Strait of Hormuz.
US strikes Iran after Trump says ceasefire was violated
US forces struck Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar positions Friday after Washington accused Tehran of attacking a cargo ship, jolting a fragile ceasefire as diplomats struggled to contain the Middle East war.
US Central Command said the strikes were a response to “unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces” that “clearly violated the ceasefire.”
It described the operation as “a powerful response to yesterday’s attack on a commercial ship that was transiting the Strait of Hormuz.”
Iranian state television, citing a reporter in Sirik, said an explosion was heard late Friday at Taherouyeh pier in the southern port city. It quoted an informed military source as saying the blast was caused by a projectile impact in the area.
