US, Iran trade fire in Strait of Hormuz
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A Fragile Ceasefire Holds
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Top U.S. officials said Tuesday that the ceasefire with Iran has not ended, despite exchanges of fire in the Strait of Hormuz. Both Rubio and Hegseth said the U.S. was in a new phase of operations designed to ensure safe passage for commercial vessels stuck in the Persian Gulf.
Iran gave President Trump a one-month deadline to permanently end the war and open the Strait of Hormuz, where a carrier was attacked on Sunday.
The U.S. military announced the launch of an operation to end Iran's blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and reopen the waterway to global shipping traffic.
The U.S. is racing to reopen the Strait of Hormuz as Iran reportedly lays mines in the critical waterway, testing the Navy's shift to unmanned systems.
US-Iran war LIVE updates: Iran has still given no indication whether it will accept President Donald Trump’s plan, sent on Wednesday, which proposes that the Islamic Republic reopen the strait and the US end a blockade on Iranian ports over the next month,
Ships in the Strait of Hormuz might be the only things that aren’t moving
The attacks cast more doubt on a tenuous month-old ceasefire that the United States has insisted is still in effect. Washington is awaiting an Iranian response to its latest proposal for a deal to end the war,
The U.S. conducted strikes against at least two locations in Iran on Thursday, a U.S. official said. The strikes in Bandar Abbas and Qeshm Island were defensive, the official said, and do not constitute a resumption of major combat operations against Iran.