Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps accused the United States of violating the ceasefire Friday after American forces carried out strikes tied to a growing naval blockade operation in and around the Strait of Hormuz.
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Iranian officials declared Friday that the ceasefire between Washington and Tehran had been breached after U.S. military forces conducted additional strikes against Iranian maritime assets and continued enforcing a large-scale blockade targeting Iran’s oil exports.
The latest confrontation followed Thursday’s naval clash in the Strait of Hormuz, where U.S. Central Command said American forces intercepted “unprovoked Iranian attacks” involving missiles, drones, and attack boats targeting U.S. Navy destroyers transiting the region.
CENTCOM said U.S. forces responded with self-defense strikes that destroyed Iranian launch positions and military assets connected to the assault. Officials stated the USS Truxtun, USS Mason, and USS Rafael Peralta were not damaged during the engagement.
President Donald Trump rejected claims that the American response represented a collapse of the ceasefire, describing the strikes during an ABC News interview as “just a love tap.”
“The ceasefire is going, it’s in effect,” Trump said.
In a separate Truth Social post, Trump said American destroyers successfully exited the Strait of Hormuz despite Iranian attacks.
“There was no damage done to the three Destroyers, but great damage done to the Iranian attackers,” Trump wrote. “These boats went to the bottom of the Sea, quickly and efficiently. Missiles were shot at our Destroyers, and were easily knocked down.”
Trump also described Iran as “not a normal country” led “by LUNATICS” and later shared a Truth Social meme depicting a U.S. Navy vessel destroying an Iranian drone with laser weapons.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, however, accused the United States of violating the ceasefire through both military strikes and the ongoing naval blockade restricting Iranian shipping traffic.
Ebrahim Zolfaqari, spokesperson for the IRGC’s Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, claimed Friday that American forces attacked Iranian commercial vessels operating near the Strait of Hormuz.
“The aggressive, terrorist, and marauding U.S. military violated the ceasefire by targeting an Iranian oil tanker sailing from Iran’s coastal waters in the Jask region toward the Strait of Hormuz, as well as another vessel entering the Strait of Hormuz off the UAE port of Fujairah,” Zolfaqari said, according to Iran’s state-run Islamic Republic News Agency.
CENTCOM later confirmed in a separate press release that American forces disabled two Iran-flagged vessels attempting to violate the maritime blockade in the Gulf of Oman.
According to CENTCOM, U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets operating from the USS George H.W. Bush disabled the unladen tankers M/T Sea Star III and M/T Sevda before they could reach Iranian ports.
CENTCOM also confirmed that U.S. forces disabled another Iranian-flagged vessel, the M/T Hasna, earlier this week after the ship attempted to enter an Iranian port in violation of blockade restrictions.
Adm. Brad Cooper said Friday that American forces remain committed to full enforcement operations targeting Iranian maritime commerce.
“U.S. forces in the Middle East remain committed to full enforcement of the blockade of vessels entering or leaving Iran,” Cooper said. “Our highly trained men and women in uniform are doing incredible work.”
The military said more than 50 commercial vessels have already been redirected and that more than 70 oil tankers remain blocked from transporting Iranian petroleum products.
In a Friday post on X, CENTCOM said the blocked vessels collectively hold the capacity to transport more than 166 million barrels of Iranian oil valued at over $13 billion.
A military graphic accompanying the statement said the operation currently involves more than 15,000 U.S. troops, over 200 aircraft, and at least 20 warships deployed across the Middle East.
Iranian officials also accused the United States and regional allies of targeting civilian infrastructure during the latest operations.
Zolfaqari claimed American forces, “with the cooperation of some regional countries,” struck civilian locations along Iran’s southern coastline.
The IRGC additionally claimed Friday that Iranian naval units had continued retaliatory attacks against American military assets in the region.
According to a separate IRNA report, the IRGC Navy asserted that intelligence monitoring showed U.S. warships suffered “significant damage” and were forced to retreat from the Strait of Hormuz. The U.S. military has not confirmed those claims.
Despite the escalating military exchanges, diplomatic negotiations between Washington and Tehran reportedly remain active.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters Friday that Iranian officials are reviewing a new American peace proposal.
“We’ll see what the response entails. The hope is it’s something that can put us into a serious process of negotiation,” Rubio said during remarks reported by The National.
The broader U.S. military campaign, known as Operation Epic Fury, began earlier this year with the stated goal of weakening Iran’s ability to fund and coordinate terrorist activity through regional proxy organizations and oil revenue networks.
Since February, joint U.S. and Israeli operations have reportedly eliminated multiple senior Iranian officials and intensified pressure on Iran’s energy exports, shipping routes, and military infrastructure.
The Strait of Hormuz remains one of the world’s most strategically important waterways, with roughly one-fifth of global petroleum shipments normally passing through the narrow maritime corridor.
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