ConfirmedMilitary & securityBackgroundBandar Abbas, Iran
U.S. strikes Iranian missile sites and mine-laying boats near Hormuz; Iran says 4 killed
- Mountain Time
- Local time
- 1:30 AM in Tehran, May 26
- Where
- Bandar Abbas, Iran
CENTCOM said U.S. forces carried out self-defense strikes in southern Iran on missile launch sites and boats trying to lay mines, while "using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire"; explosions were reported around Bandar Abbas. An IRGC-affiliated channel named four navy personnel it said were killed south of Larak Island, and Iran's Foreign Ministry called the strikes a "grave violation of the ceasefire".
Why it matters
The strikes, which Washington called defensive, tested the truce while Iranian negotiators were in Doha.
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- Al Jazeeraaljazeera.comPublished
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