{"id":623787,"date":"2026-06-06T03:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T03:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/623787\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T03:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T03:34:09","slug":"us-and-iran-exchange-strikes-in-gulf-in-latest-test-of-ceasefire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/623787\/","title":{"rendered":"US and Iran exchange strikes in Gulf in latest test of ceasefire"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The attacks happened as ceasefire negotiations between the US and Iran stalled, with a deal to end the war failing to advance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">The US and Israel launched wide-ranging strikes on Iran on 28 February, sparking conflict across the Middle East. <\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Iran responded by attacking Israel and US-allied states in the Gulf, and effectively closing the Strait of Hormuz, through which around 20% of the world&#8217;s oil and liquefied natural gas travels. The move sent oil prices soaring globally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Shortly after a ceasefire was agreed in early April, the US established a blockade of Iranian ports which President Donald Trump says will remain &#8220;in full force and effect until an agreement is reached, certified, and signed&#8221;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The attacks happened as ceasefire negotiations between the US and Iran stalled, with a deal to end the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623788,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[49,50,51,47,52,48],"class_list":["post-623787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623787"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623787\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623787"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}