US reportedly shoots down Iranian drones targeting ships in Strait of Hormuz
The US military said Friday night that it had shot down several Iranian drones that were targeting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
“Iran launched several attack drones with the aim of striking commercial vessels transiting the Strait of Hormuz,” the Regional Command (Centcom) said on X.
“US forces have shot them all down in recent hours, and maritime traffic in the strait remains fluid,” the statement added.
This incident comes even as Tehran, the Pakistani mediator and Washington expressed optimism on Friday about the possibility, after weeks of laborious negotiations, of concluding an agreement ending the war in the Middle East.
But the versions of a possible compromise given by the Iranian media and Washington present important differences.
Switzerland has already offered to host a possible signing, while a G7 summit attended by Donald Trump is due to begin on Monday in the French town of Evian, near Geneva. But Tehran said that once finalized, the memorandum of understanding would be signed “remotely”.
The American president, who has already announced an imminent agreement 39 times according to a CNN count, is struggling to find a way out of this unpopular war, with the November mid-term elections approaching and in the middle of the World Cup co-organized by the United States.
According to Washington, the agreement under discussion with Iran does include Lebanon, as requested by Tehran, while the United States had always said it wanted to treat this issue separately.
