"The US said it carried out strikes on Iranian military targets after an attack on three American destroyers in the strait of Hormuz, while Tehran accused Washington of striking first. The exchange of fire threatens to unravel a fragile ceasefire in effect since 8 April but Donald Trump insisted the truce remains intact. The ceasefire is going. It's in effect, the US president told ABC News, describing the strikes as just a love tap."
"He repeated this stance when asked during a visit to see renovations of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool whether the ceasefire was still on despite the attacks. Yeah it is, he said. They trifled with us today. We blew them away. They trifled. I call that a trifle. Writing on his Truth Social platform, he said there was no damage done to the US warships but great damage done to the Iranian attackers."
"He added: We'll knock them out a lot harder, and a lot more violently, in the future, if they don't get their Deal signed, FAST! The deal he was referring to is the one-page proposal from the US that would have both sides reach an agreement to reopen the strait of Hormuz and end fighting for 30 days while they work on a longer term truce, the New York Times reported."
"Iran, meanwhile, accused the US of violating the ceasefire by attacking an oil tanker and another ship on Thursday, saying its forces immediately and in retaliation attacked American military vessels. Reacting to the attacks in the Gulf, Ebrahim Azizi, head of the Iranian parliament's national security committee, wrote on X: Making the same mistake again and again won't get you a different answer; only a stronger one. Respect the new maritime regime of Iran."
The US carried out strikes on Iranian military targets after an attack on three American destroyers in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran accused Washington of striking first and said the US violated a fragile ceasefire in effect since 8 April. The US president insisted the ceasefire remained intact and described the strikes as limited. He said no damage was done to US warships and claimed the Iranian attackers suffered great damage. He warned that future actions would be harder and more violent if Iran did not sign a US proposal to reopen the strait and pause fighting for 30 days while negotiating a longer-term truce. Iran reported retaliatory attacks on American vessels and cited attacks on an oil tanker and another ship.
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