US strikes Iran following attack on cargo ship in Strait of Hormuz
Rami Ayyub, Maya Gebeily and Michael Martina
Reuters
Updated
Cheddar
Iran is rejecting a proposed new transit route through the Strait of Hormuz, calling it “unacceptable and dangerous” unless vessels coordinate directly them.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military attacked Iran on Friday in response to an Iranian drone strike on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, throwing the fate of the recent interim peace deal between the two countries into question.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter applaud Friday after signing a framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon with State Department Counselor Daniel Holler, and Lebanon's Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh, at the State Department in Washington.
Shi'ite mourners hold placards with pictures of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, the late leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, assassinated Hezbollah military leader Imad Mughniyeh, assassinated Hezbollah leaders Sayyed Abbas al-Musawi and Hashem Safieddine, as they mark Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi'ite Muslim calendar, on Friday in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon.
People move past buildings destroyed by an Israeli airstrike during the interim period following the U.S.-Iran deal, in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, June 26, 2026. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Israel's Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter applaud Friday after signing a framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon with State Department Counselor Daniel Holler, and Lebanon's Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh, at the State Department in Washington.
Shi'ite mourners hold placards with pictures of Iran's new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei, the late leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, late Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah, assassinated Hezbollah military leader Imad Mughniyeh, assassinated Hezbollah leaders Sayyed Abbas al-Musawi and Hashem Safieddine, as they mark Ashura, the holiest day on the Shi'ite Muslim calendar, on Friday in the southern suburbs of Beirut, Lebanon.
People move past buildings destroyed by an Israeli airstrike during the interim period following the U.S.-Iran deal, in Nabatieh, southern Lebanon, June 26, 2026. REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra
