{"id":245969,"date":"2026-05-28T03:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T03:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/245969\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T03:10:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T03:10:14","slug":"us-launches-new-strikes-in-iran-targeting-military-site-that-posed-threat-to-troops-commercial-shipping","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/245969\/","title":{"rendered":"US launches new strikes in Iran targeting military site that posed threat to troops, commercial shipping"},"content":{"rendered":"

The US military carried out new strikes in Iran Wednesday, targeting a military site that threatened American troops and commercial shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday, US Central Command Forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that posed a threat around the Strait of Hormuz,\u201d a US official said in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cUS forces also struck an Iranian ground control station in Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth drone,\u201d the official added.<\/p>\n

The US military carried out new strikes in Iran Wednesday, targeting a military site that threatened American troops and commercial shipping traffic in the Strait of Hormuz. REUTERS<\/p>\n

President Trump holding a meeting with members of his Cabinet as the US and Iran creep closer to a deal. Samuel Corum \u2013 Pool via CNP\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n

Despite the skirmish, the fragile cease-fire that has been in place since April 8 is still considered to be holding.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u201cThese actions were measured, purely defensive, and intended to maintain the ceasefire,\u201d the US official said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The downed drones were reportedly targeting a US commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz, according to Axios<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There have been at least two dozen attacks in and around the Strait of Hormuz since the war with Iran began<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tehran has effectively shut down the key oil chokepoint with repeated attacks and threats on cargo ships and tankers that tried to sail through.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta (DDG 115) implements a maritime blockade against an Iranian-flagged ship attempting to sail toward an Iranian port, April 26, 2026 U.S. Central Command Public Affairs<\/p>\n

The US strikes were first reported by Reuters.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Reuters reported that drones launched from Iran were intercepted by the US. See new posts, Conversation, U.S. Central Command<\/p>\n

The strikes follow \u201cself-defense strikes\u201d launched by the US military on Monday against Iranian boats that were reportedly laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n

Those attacks also took out a surface-to-air missile site in Bandar Abbas.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The missile site based at Iran\u2019s primary naval station was reportedly targeting US warplanes, according to CENTCOM.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Wednesday\u2019s clash also come as US and Iranian negotiators work to finalize a memorandum of understanding that would reopen the key waterway to international shipping \u2014 without tolls \u2014 and allow additional time for an agreement on the fate of Iran\u2019s highly enriched uranium stockpiles.<\/p>\n

President Trump warned earlier Wednesday that if a deal is not agreed to, \u201cwe\u2019ll have to just finish the job\u201d militarily.<\/p>\n

The latest strikes occurred after Iranian ships reportedly were laying mines across the Strait of Hormuz. REUTERS<\/p>\n

US and Iranian negotiators are trying to come to an agreement that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz \u2014 as the fate of the deal involves Iran\u2019s highly enriched uranium stockpiles. US NAVY\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Trump also chided the regime for thinking \u201cthey were going to out-wait me,\u201d and argued they were \u201cnegotiating on fumes\u201d in the wake of the destruction of their air force, navy and the deaths of key leaders since the initial US and Israeli strikes on Feb. 28.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it looks like they want to just make a deal,\u201d the president said during a cabinet meeting at the White House. \u201cI don\u2019t think they have a choice.\u201d<\/p>\n

With Post wires<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The US military carried out new strikes in Iran Wednesday, targeting a military site that threatened American troops…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245970,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[14670,661,9,11,10,87,62208,30305,58],"class_list":["post-245969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-iran","tag-military","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-politics","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-the-pentagon","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245969\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}