CENTCOM said U.S. forces struck Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar installations on June 26 in retaliation for a June 25 one-way attack-drone strike on the merchant vessel Ever Lovely transiting the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM said the Iranian action violated a ceasefire agreement, threatened freedom of navigation on a key trade route, and that U.S. forces will continue to coordinate and support safe passage for ships through the strait while maintaining a presence to enforc

CENTCOM said U.S. forces struck Iranian missile and drone storage sites and coastal radar installations on June 26 in retaliation for a June 25 one-way attack-drone strike on the merchant vessel Ever Lovely transiting the Strait of Hormuz. CENTCOM said the Iranian action violated a ceasefire agreement, threatened freedom of navigation on a key trade route, and that U.S. forces will continue to coordinate and support safe passage for ships through the strait while maintaining a presence to enforce agreements with Iran.