Iran-US war latest: US military carries out strikes on Iran after ships struck by drones in Strait of Hormuz

Vice president JD Vance has spoken out after the US launched strikes on Iran.

He said: “Iran signed a ceasefire agreement. We have honored it. If they have disagreements about how the MOU is being applied, they can pick up the phone.

“But violence will be met with violence.”

The head of the Iranian parliament’s national security committee has described US strikes as a “reckless violation of the ceasefire” which will lead to “retreat and regret” from the United States.

They added that Donald Trump showed no commitment to the principles of negotiation or ceasefire.

President Donald Trump said Wednesday that it may never be determined who was responsible for a deadly strike on a girls’ school in Iran that killed scores of children on the first day of the Iran war, as questions continue over whether U.S. forces were involved.

The February 28 strike in Minab, southern Iran, killed more than 175 children and teachers, according to Iranian officials, triggering international outrage and renewed scrutiny of the U.S. military operation.

Trump, speaking to reporters, said the circumstances surrounding the attack may never be fully resolved.

“I don’t know that they are ever going to solve that problem,” Trump said, referring to questions over responsibility.

“I don’t know that they are ever going to solve that problem in terms of whose fault was it because there were missiles flying all over the place, and it’s horrible what happened but there were missiles flying all over the place,” he added.

Strikes on Iran have reportedly finished, CNN has reported, citing a US official.

So far it is understood that Sirik in southern Iran has been impacted. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed to “repel” the US attack.

The US claimed to target Iranian missile and drone storage locations, as well as coastal radar sits.

It remains unclear how these strikes have impacted Iran.

The ‌Guards said ‌they repelled an ⁠attack by the US against Sirik Island, which is located ‌on the ​shores ‌of ⁠the Strait ⁠of Hormuz.

Iran’s revolutionary guards (IRGC) has warned that retaliation to a US strike on Sirik Island will be “swift and decisive” as tensions rise between the two nations.

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) reported a “powerful response” to an attack on the M/V Ever Lovely on Thursday.

The Singapore-flagged cargo ship was exiting the Strait of Hormuz along the Omani coast at the time of Iran’s attack.

US Central Command (CENTCOM) has said that the strikes against Iran on Friday were a “powerful response” to attacks on a commercial ship that was transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday.

A US aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites, CENTCOM reported.

The US claimed that Iran hit M/V Ever Lovely, a Singapore-flagged cargo ship, in an act of “unwarranted aggression” that “clearly violated the ceasefire.”

“Furthermore, Iran’s dangerous behavior undermined freedom of navigation as commerce increasingly flows through the vital international trade corridor,” CENTCOM added.

US strikes on Iranian targets are “ongoing”, Fox News has reported.

We will bring you the latest updates as the conflict continues.

Iranian media said a projectile struck the ⁠area around a pier in ⁠Sirik ​in southern ⁠Iran on ⁠Friday.

The report ​came after ⁠the ‌US military said it had conducted ‌strikes against ‌Iran.

Iranian media, citing ⁠a military source, added that warning shots had been fired hours earlier ‌on ​Friday toward “violating vessels” ‌in ⁠the Strait ⁠of Hormuz.