{"id":23343,"date":"2026-05-28T06:20:16","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T06:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/u-s-military-carries-out-new-strikes-in-iran-says-ceasefire-continues\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T06:20:16","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T06:20:16","slug":"u-s-military-carries-out-new-strikes-in-iran-says-ceasefire-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bluelightnews.com\/category\/politics\/u-s-military-carries-out-new-strikes-in-iran-says-ceasefire-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. military carries out new strikes in Iran, says ceasefire continues"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The U.S. military on Wednesday carried out new strikes in Iran, shooting down four attack drones and targeting a ground control station. The military stated both the drones and ground facility posed a threat to the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. official said in a statement to MS NOW.<\/p>\n

The official said the ceasefire agreement remains in effect and described the U.S. military actions as intended to maintain the ceasefire.<\/p>\n

“Today, U.S. Central Command forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that posed a threat around the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. forces also struck an Iranian ground control station in Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth drone. These actions were measured, purely defensive, and intended to maintain the ceasefire,” the official said in the statement.<\/p>\n

At least three explosions were heard east of Bandar Abbas, a port city in Iran along the Strait of Hormuz, The New York Times<\/a> and CNN<\/a> reported, both citing Iranian state media. The explosions briefly activated Bandar Abbas’ air defense systems, Fars News Agency, a media outlet affiliated with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported early Thursday local time.<\/p>\n

The latest strikes come amid an unstable ceasefire agreement between the U.S. and Iran.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a Cabinet meeting at the White House earlier Wednesday, President Donald Trump said Iran wants “very much to make a deal” but “they haven’t gotten there,” adding that Iran was “negotiating on fumes.”<\/p>\n

“We’re not satisfied with it, but we will be,” Trump said. “Either that or we’ll have to just finish the job. Their navy is gone … their air force is gone, everything’s gone. And they’re negotiating on fumes. But we’ll see what happens. Maybe we have to go back and finish it, maybe we don’t.”<\/p>\n

On Monday<\/a>U.S. Central Command said in a statement that the U.S. carried out “self-defense” strikes on missile launch sites and boats in southern Iran in order “to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces.” That same day, Trump said in a Truth Social post<\/a> that negotiations with Iran were “proceeding nicely!”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Julia Jester covers politics for MS NOW and is based in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Carla Herreria is an editor for MS NOW’s breaking news and liveblog team. She was previously a senior assignment editor at HuffPost.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

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