The US launches strikes on Iranian missile, drone and coastal radar sites after a drone attack on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz that Washington attributes to Iran and says breaches a ceasefire signed on June 17 this year.The Iranian Revolutionary Guards say they struck American military positions in the Gulf region in retaliation, report explosions near Sirik and fire warning shots at vessels, while the United Nations maritime agency suspends an evacuation and the International Maritime Organization pauses a mission for roughly 11K sailors.Vice President
JD Vance warns the US will answer violence with violence and urges direct communication; President
Donald Trump authorizes the strikes, Iranian official
Ebrahim Azizi denies a ceasefire violation, and negotiators announce a Washington framework between
Israel and
Lebanon that
Hezbollah rejects.