US military personnel carried out a second operation targeting Iranian forces this week after observing actions deemed threatening near the Strait of Hormuz, according to two American officials familiar with the situation.
On Wednesday, US troops intercepted and destroyed four drones linked to Iran and targeted a facility preparing to deploy an additional drone. The officials stated that these devices were considered to endanger commercial movement in the strategic waterway. Both sources requested anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the information.
During a cabinet session open to the media, President Donald Trump declined to acknowledge a broadcast from Iranian state television claiming an informal agreement had been reached to restore shipping activity in the strait to previous levels within a month, under joint oversight by Iran and Oman. Trump underscored that no single nation would be permitted to control this transit point and, while addressing the matter, issued a warning directed at Oman, a nation that maintains long-standing military and economic relationships with the United States.
