The US attacks Iran after denouncing a “violation” of the ceasefire agreement

The United States Army has reported that its air force has attacked facilities in Iran, a day after a ship was hit by a projectile off the coast of Oman, an extreme that Washington has attributed to Tehran, accusing the Asian country of having violated the pre-agreement reached last week.

“The forces of the United States Central Command (CENTCOM) carried out attacks against Iran on June 26, as a forceful response to the attack carried out yesterday against a merchant ship that was transiting the Strait of Hormuz,” he said on his social networks shortly after 10:30 p.m. (Spanish peninsular time).

CENTCOM has specified in the same message that the bombings have been directed against “Iranian missile and drone storage facilities, as well as coastal radar sites.”

The military body has assured that it has acted in this way in response to an “unjustified aggression” perpetrated this Thursday by Tehran, “which clearly violated the ceasefire.”

In particular, he reported that the Asian country’s forces launched “a single-use attack drone” against the ‘Ever Lovely’, a “cargo ship, flying the Singapore flag, was leaving the Strait of Hormuz along the coast of Oman at the time of the Iranian attack.”

“Iran’s dangerous behavior undermined freedom of navigation, at a time when commercial traffic increasingly flows through this vitally important international trade corridor,” added CENTCOM, before assuring that it will continue to “provide support to ensure” safe navigation for vessels in the area.

“The United States Armed Forces maintain their presence and remain on alert to ensure that all aspects of the agreement with Iran are respected, complied with and are fully in force,” he said.

Meanwhile, Iranian media, including the IRNA news agency and the state channel IRIB, have reported that several explosions have been reported in the port of Sirik, a town in Hormozgan province, facing the Strait of Hormuz, which also houses a military base.

This comes hours after US President Donald Trump accused Iranian authorities of launching “at least four single-use drones” against ships in Hormuz waters. “Evidently, this is a stupid violation of our ceasefire agreement,” he said on his social networks.