The US military carried out new strikes overnight in Iran, targeting a military site that officials believed threatened US forces and commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, a US official told Reuters on Wednesday. The official, who spoke anonymously, said the US military also intercepted and shot down several Iranian drones that posed a similar threat.
The strikes had not been previously reported. They took place while negotiations were continuing to end a three-month war that has killed thousands of people and pushed global energy prices sharply higher. The conflict began on February 28 with attacks by the US and Israel.
Trump Rejects Iran Report on Strait of Hormuz
Earlier on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump rejected an Iranian state media report claiming that Iran and Oman would jointly manage shipping through the Strait of Hormuz as part of a peace agreement. Trump said the waterway would remain open.
Iran Calls Earlier US Strikes a Ceasefire Violation
The US last carried out what it described as defensive strikes against Iran on Monday. Iran said those attacks violated the countries’ fragile ceasefire.
According to the US military’s Central Command, the targets included boats trying to lay mines and missile launch sites that threatened US forces.
First published on: May 28, 2026 07:06 AM IST
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