The United Arab Emirates said it was under attack from Iranian missiles and drones, even as Washington said a shaky ceasefire was intact despite an exchange of fire the previous day as US forces attempted to force open the Strait of Hormuz.
The US military said it had destroyed six Iranian small boats, as well as cruise missiles and drones, after US President Donald Trump sent the navy to escort stranded tankers through the strait in a campaign he called "Project Freedom".
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the operation to protect commercial ships was temporary and the four-week-old truce was not over.
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The United States assumes that the ceasefire with Iran remains in effect, despite the US military operation in the Strait of Hormuz, US Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said at a briefing.
ReplyDelete"No, the ceasefire is not over," he stated. "Ultimately, this is a separate and distinct project," Hegseth pointed out, referring to the operation in the Strait of Hormuz. "Ultimately, the president is going to make a decision whether anything were to escalate into a violation of a ceasefire. But certainly we would urge Iran to be prudent in the actions that they take, to keep that underneath this threshold [of breaking the ceasefire]," the Pentagon chief noted. "Right now, the ceasefire certainly holds, but we're going to be watching very, very closely, absolutely," Hegseth stressed.
Trump may order the resumption of military operations against Iran this week, Axios reported, citing sources in the US and Israeli leadership.
ReplyDeleteIran threatened the UAE with a "crushing response" following accusations of a missile attack, Tasnim news agency reported.
ReplyDeleteA spokesman for the Khatam al-Anbia headquarters denied the UAE Ministry of Defense's claims of Iranian missile strikes, calling them completely false. According to the publication, the Iranian armed forces have not carried out any missile or drone operations against the UAE in recent days.
Иран не проводил никаких военных операций против ОАЭ в последние дни, заявило командование.
DeleteОтмечается, что в случае агрессии со стороны ОАЭ исламская республика "даст сокрушительный ответ".
Irán NIEGA haber realizado un ataque reciente contra EAU
DeleteThe Iranian Armed Forces have not conducted any military operations against the UAE in recent days, but are ready to respond decisively to any aggression from the Emirates, Ebrahim Zolfaghari, a representative of the central command of the Iranian armed forces, has stated.
Delete"The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran have not carried out any missile and drone operations against the UAE in recent days, and if such actions had taken place, we would have announced them decisively and openly. Therefore, the report of the Ministry of Defense of this country is categorically rejected and has no basis," the Mehr agency quoted him as saying.
Zolfaghari emphasized that if any military action is taken from the territory of the UAE against Iranian islands, ports, or the Iranian coast, Tehran will deliver a crushing response.