https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crlpy8n7pr6oThe US has said it struck Iranian military sites over the weekend while Tehran said it responded by targeting an American base, marking the third known escalations in a week around the Strait of Hormuz.US Central Command (Centcom) said it launched "self-defence strikes" in response to "aggressive Iranian actions", which it said included a US drone being shot down over international waters.Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it had targeted an air base used by US forces for an attack on southern Iran.Meanwhile Kuwait said its air defence system had confronted "hostile" missiles and drones - with its foreign ministry later condemning "heinous and repeated Iranian attacks".Trump urged his critics to "sit back and relax" in a post on Truth Social early on Monday, saying it would "all work out well in the end". He said Iran "really wants to make a deal, and it will be a good one for the USA".The strikes mark the latest exchange between the two sides after negotiations on a deal to end their months-long war failed to advance over the weekend, with US media reporting Trump had requested changes to its terms.
The changes are related to the Strait of Hormuz shipping channel and the removal of highly enriched uranium, the BBC's US news partner CBS News reported. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.On Monday, Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said the US was "constantly changing its views and putting forward new or contradictory demands", which he said would naturally "prolong negotiations".The country's chief negotiator had said on Sunday that Tehran would not agree to any deal unless Iranian rights were fully secured.The US military said it had on Saturday and Sunday conducted "self-defense strikes on Iranian radar and command and control sites for drones" in the the city of Goruk, near Iran's southern coast, and Qeshm, an island in the Strait of Hormuz.In a post on X, Centcom said US fighters struck the Iranian military's air defences, a ground control station and two drones that it said "posed a clear threat to ships transiting through regional waters". No American personnel were injured in the attacks, it said.Iran's foreign ministry spokesman said the strikes had been a violation of the ceasefire.The IRGC said it targeted the base which it claimed the US had used to strike a communications tower on Sirik Island in the Gulf, around 40 miles (65km) from Iran's southern coastline.Iran's military added that its response would be "completely different" if US aggression was "repeated", according to IRGC remarks reported by Iran's semi-official Fars news agency.Kuwait's military said early on Monday it was "confronting hostile missile and drone attacks", with state news agency KUNA reporting air raid sirens sounded across the country.Its foreign ministry later released a statement condemning "in the strongest terms... the heinous and repeated Iranian attacks, which represent a dangerous escalation and a direct assault" on Kuwait.
It said such attacks "undermine" efforts to deescalate tensions in the region and said the country reserved the right to "take whatever measures are necessary" to defend itself.Tehran targeted an air base in Kuwait last week in response to earlier US air strikes, which it said were conducted to prevent Iranian boats and missile strikes from laying mines around the shipping channel.While a ceasefire came into effect on 8 April, Trump has repeatedly suggested the US and Iran are close to a permanent deal and that negotiations are progressing, but so far no formal agreement has been reached.Trump and senior aides met on Friday to make a "final determination" about a framework for extending the ceasefire, but the meeting concluded without clarity on the next steps before reports later emerged that the president had requested changes to the text.The latest terms includes a 60-day cessation of violence and a call to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, CBS News reported - the shipping lane through which approximately one-fifth of global oil and liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments usually pass, whose effective closure has sent global oil prices soaring.It also reportedly includes a framework to reopen negotiations on Iran's nuclear programme - which Tehran has long maintained is peaceful - although Iran's foreign ministry spokesman Esmail Baghaei denied this had been on the table on Monday."No negotiations have taken place on the details of the nuclear file. At this stage, our priority is ending the war," Baghaei told a press briefing.He added that an end to the conflict in Lebanon remained an "essential condition" for any deal and that Washington and Tehran had not yet reached "a final conclusion".Lebanon was drawn into the war between the US, Israel and Iran on 2 March.
Iran can say they’re self-defense pre-emptive retaliatory striking or some other nonsense in total disregard to the passage of time and how time flows and cause and effect and all that stuff.
>>1517616That works both ways. Israel can say that too. As for the US, happy Market Manipulation Monday!
>>1517618Yeah. I guess now if you’re going to negotiate with the US it means nothing, they will not only not keep their word on anything but they might kill you while you’re walking away. Dealing with the US now is dealing with Bandits or Pirates.
>>1517616this implies that israel doesn't always attack first, which only kike shills believe
Must say lads, I’m not finding the almost ubiquitous use of double-negatives unenjoyable.
>>1517649You're just jealous of Trumps massive diplomatic chopsI'm working with the diplomatic team talking to Iran, and seeing the whole picture makes it obvious that Trump is dominating this war. I was even approached by one of the lower members of the Iranian team, who came up to me with tears in their eyes, and told me, "Sir, every real Iranian is waiting for you to free us all and get rid of our nuclear capability. Please free us from our corrupt government, no matter how long these talks take. We'll be sabotaging the efforts to block the straight from the inside."
>>1517649Bandits and pirates do thing for logical reasons, and often honor their agreements.
>>1517679Well ok, so what are we dealing with here? Tyrants maybe
Trump's big dumb thing has always been pretending to be a big dumb aggressive asshole who gets fucked in the long run from stealing and lying and fucking kids, shitting himself constantly, as though his choice and whimsy is a matter of natural force.Just like bush, it's always way more convenient for people to think you're dumb while you're robbing them blind.Just a matter of time, though.Just a little time, is all. No point worrying about it anyway: it's all written down *somewhere*, right? The *internet*, or some shit? Somebody else will deal with it, right?Right?
I like how there is this thread and also a thread about Trump giving $300 billion to Iran. Nevermind that the two are contradictory. This whole place is only posted on by shills and bots.
>>1517704ok boomer
>>1517704I'm amazed you're tracking these stories at all with your subpar English skills.
>>1517602>trump breaks another cease fire and thus another dealNo wonder everyone doesn't trust him
>>1517774it's only so his billionaire pals can pump and dump the oil market again
This must be Iran retaliating for Trump giving them $300 billion.
