Donald Trump has launched military strikes on Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz after the regime violated the ceasefire by attacking US-backed oil tankers. 

US Central Command announced Friday that it struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations as well as radar sites along the Persian Gulf.  

‘The unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces clearly violated the ceasefire,’ a US official said. 

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

Iran launched an explosive-laden suicide drones at a  Singaporean cargo ship transiting the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday. The vessel sustained significant damage to its bridge, though no injuries or deaths have been confirmed.

Prior to the attack, Iran issued warnings through regime media to oil tankers, cautioning that routes through the strait were restricted and that other routes were ‘completely dangerous.’

When asked by reporters moments before the attack occurred how the President would respond, Trump replied: ‘You’ll see.’

The attack comes as the US and Iran delicately negotiate a long-term peace agreement that would limit the regime’s nuclear program. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) signed last week, committed Iran to using its ‘best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels with no charge for 60 days.’

Donald Trump has launched military strikes on Iranian targets in the Strait of Hormuz after the regime violated the ceasefire by attacking US-backed oil tankers

An oil tanker burns after being hit by an Iranian strike in the ship-to-ship transfer zone at Khor al-Zubair port near Basra, Iraq, late Wednesday, March 11

Iran has seized on oil tankers moving through the Strait of Hormuz by deploying speed boats 

Vice President JD Vance traveled to Switzerland last weekend to talk with Iranian leaders to finalize a nuclear deal. 

In a post on Truth Social earlier Friday, Trump said that American forced had eliminated three out of four suicide drones launched by Iran at cargo ships. 

‘Obviously, this is a foolish violation of our Ceasefire Agreement,’ Trump noted.

The route attacked by Iran had been promoted by the United Nations maritime service as a safe shipping lane for oil tankers.

Ending Tehran’s stranglehold on the waterway, which disrupted global oil and gas supplies and drove up fuel and food prices, had been a key US demand in negotiations. 

Since the war began, Iran has been able to close the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of the world’s oil supply passes, by deploying speedboats, drones, and sea mines.

Trump is demanding in negotiations that Iran abandon its nuclear weapons program and surrender its enriched uranium stockpile. 

Meanwhile, the regime is demanding control of the strait, along with the unfreezing of billions in assets, in exchange for agreeing to Trump’s nuclear concessions.

Iran has not yet issued a response to the latest US military strike as the fragile peace deal hangs in the balance.