US bombs Iranian military sites after Iran shoots down American drone

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates— The United States bombed Iranian radar and drone power sites successful Iran aft Tehran changeable down an American MQ-1 Predator drone this weekend, the American subject said Monday. Iran acknowledged launching a retaliatory strike, portion Kuwait said it was intercepting incoming drone and rocket fire.

The dueling attacks bespeak the fragility of a weekslong ceasefire successful the Iran war, which has seen repeated attacks adjacent arsenic American and Iranian officials effort to negociate a woody to widen it. Iran has maintained its chokehold connected the Strait of Hormuz successful the meantime, disrupting planetary vigor supplies arsenic a 5th of each lipid and earthy state traded erstwhile passed done the constrictive rima of the Persian Gulf.

Meanwhile, warring continues to escalate arsenic Israel extends its concern of Lebanon beyond the Litani River and arsenic the militant radical Hezbollah continues to motorboat drones into Israel.

US subject attacks Iran

The U.S. military’s Central Command said it carried retired the strikes successful Iran connected Saturday and Sunday astir the metropolis of Geruk and connected Qeshm Island.

“The measured and deliberate strikes occurred … successful effect to assertive Iranian actions that included the shootdown of a U.S. MQ-1 drone that was operating implicit planetary waters,” Central Command said.

“U.S. combatant craft swiftly responded by eliminating Iranian aerial defenses, a crushed power station, and 2 one-way onslaught drones that posed wide threats to ships transiting determination waters.”

The Predator has been phased retired of work by the U.S. Air Force, which present flies the MQ-9 Reaper, though the U.S. Army inactive flies the Predator. The U.S. subject said nary American troops were wounded successful the attacks.

Kuwait reports incoming fire

Kuwait meantime said its aerial defenses had opened occurrence aboriginal Monday greeting to intercept incoming drone and rocket fire. Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard successful a connection carried by the state-run IRNA quality bureau that U.S. forces had targeted a telecommunications tower.

The Guard said it responded with an onslaught without saying where, apt referring to the onslaught connected Kuwait. The state is location to U.S. Army Central, the Mideast guardant bid for the Army.

Iranian authorities tv aboriginal shared footage of the ballistic rocket launch, including a close-up showing a sticker connected its assemblage depicting a bruised U.S. President Donald Trump overlaid connected a “closed” Strait of Hormuz with the caption: “Until the past American worker leaves the region.”

Attacks rattle ceasefire talks

The attacks correspond the latest escalation betwixt the U.S. and Iran, adjacent arsenic some person insisted they are continuing to negotiate, peculiarly implicit Iran’s stockpile of highly enriched uranium. Over the weekend, the U.S. fired a rocket into the motor country of a Gambia-flagged cargo vessel trying to interruption its blockade of Iranian ports.

A trickle of ships person made it retired of the strait, but unit continues connected planetary vigor supplies, arsenic good arsenic chemic fertilizer which has led to fears of nutrient shortages. The Gulf portion produces 30% of globally traded chemic fertilizers.

Trump met with advisers connected Friday but has yet to determine connected whether to determination up with a woody to widen the ceasefire and reopen the strait. Iran has said the woody had not been finalized.

Trump expressed optimism astir the talks successful a station connected his Truth Social level aboriginal Monday successful Washington, mocking critics without addressing the ongoing crossfire.

“Iran truly wants to marque a deal, and it volition beryllium a bully 1 for the U.S.A. and those that are with us,” helium wrote. “Just beryllium backmost and relax, it volition each enactment retired good successful the extremity — It ever does!”