U.S. Strikes Iranian Targets After Hormuz Attack on Singapore-Flagged Ship

The U.S. military said between Friday and Saturday that it struck targets in the Strait of Hormuz in response to an Iranian shooting on Thursday at a Singapore-flagged vessel in the waterway. The American targets were missile and drone depots, along with a coastal radar site.

Iran later claimed the U.S. strikes hit several sites on its southern coast. Tehran also said its armed forces carried out what it called “defensive strikes against targets linked to American forces in the region.” Shortly afterward, Bahrain’s foreign ministry said the kingdom had been attacked by Iranian drones overnight, apparently in retaliation for the U.S. strike on Sirich Island in Iran.

Mohsen Rezaei, a military adviser to Iran’s supreme leader, said on Friday that the U.S. attack on Iran violated a memorandum of understanding and accused Washington of creating tension in the Strait of Hormuz. On Saturday, President Donald Trump threatened to respond to the Iranian attack in the strait and said, “I do not like the fact that Iran shot at a ship yesterday.”

Iran said the situation in the Strait of Hormuz would not return to what it was before the war began. It urged ships transiting the strait to use the route designated by Iranian authorities, warning that it could not guarantee the safety of vessels that chose a different course.