President Donald Trump said Iran violated the ceasefire agreement after a drone attack hit a cargo ship off the coast of Oman. He was speaking at a Dinner with American farmers in the Rose Garden On Thursday.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran shot at least four One Way Attack Drones at Ships transversing the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social Post.
“One of the Drones solidly hit the upper deck of a large and very expensive Cargo Carrying Ship,” the president wrote.
“Damage was done, but the Ship was able to proceed on its way. We knocked down three other Drones. Obviously, this is a foolish violation of our Ceasefire Agreement.”
Iran struck a vessel in the Strait of Hormuz, interrupting United Nations efforts to evacuate stranded seafarers in the waterway. One drone did damage the upper deck of the ship, but it was still able to proceed through the strait.
The International Maritime Organization (IMO) said that 115 ships that are carrying roughly 2,500 crew members, had left the gulf in the first three and a half days of the operation. They were looking to rescue about 11,00 mariners stranded on 600 vessels. The container ship that was struck, the Ever Lovely, was struck while transiting the Strait of Hormuz. The ship was not participating in the IMO operation, according to Arsenio Dominguez, Secretary-General at the IMO.
This attack further increases the fragility of the deal and relationship between the U.S. and Iran. Whether you think an end is still in sight, is for you to decide.
-Elijah Iraheta, Editor in Chief, Saber News
