The Strait of Hormuz, a strategic maritime passage, is still blocked by Iran which maintains pressure on the world economy.
Iranian forces fired on four ships trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz, state television (Irib) reported this Thursday, May 28.
“Four ships attempted to cross the Strait of Hormuz and enter the Persian Gulf without coordination with security forces,” Irib wrote on Telegram, specifying that the incident occurred around 12:35 a.m. (11:05 p.m. in Paris), but without providing details on the type of ships or on their nationality.
“They were warned, but as they ignored this warning, warning shots were fired at them, forcing them to turn back,” she added.
Exchange of fire
The United States shot down four Iranian drones and carried out strikes on a ground base in the south of the country during the night from Wednesday to Thursday, leading to retaliation from Tehran which targeted an American base, in what constitutes the most serious clashes since the start of the ceasefire.
Four attack drones that posed a “threat around the Strait of Hormuz” were shot down, a US official said on condition of anonymity, adding that the US military had also struck “a ground control station in Bandar Abbas which threatened to launch a fifth drone.” “These actions were measured, purely defensive and carried out with the intention of maintaining the ceasefire,” he said.
Iranian media had previously reported three large explosions near Bandar Abbas, a port city on the strategic Strait of Hormuz, around 1:30 a.m. Thursday (midnight Paris time).
In retaliation, the Iranian Revolutionary Guards announced Thursday that they had targeted an American base. They did not specify which one, but for its part, the Kuwaiti army announced Thursday that it was facing “attacks carried out by missiles and drones”.
These incidents are the most serious since the truce that came into force on April 8, after more than a month of Israeli-American strikes which left thousands dead.
