The United States Army has reported the destruction of four 'kamikaze' drones in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz and, immediately thereafter, the launch of an attack against an Iranian military facility in Bandar Abbas, opposite this key maritime corridor. Washington maintains that from that base the takeoff of a fifth aircraft was being prepared, in the midst of the ceasefire agreed between Tehran and the US administration.
"United States Central Command (CENTCOM) Forces have shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones that posed a threat in the vicinity of the Strait of Hormuz," a US official stated in declarations to Europa Press.
According to the same source, after this first action, American troops "also attacked an Iranian ground control station in Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth drone," and insisted that these were "measured, purely defensive operations aimed at maintaining the ceasefire."
The official admission of the attack by the United States coincided with reports disseminated by the semi-official Iranian agency Fars and the public broadcaster IRIB, which had previously reported at least three explosions east of Bandar Abbas, without being able to specify the exact location or origin of the explosions.
These media outlets also indicated that Bandar Abbas's anti-aircraft defenses were activated for a brief period, although state television emphasized that, despite the loud noises, no signs of impact were registered within the urban area.
On the other hand, the Tasnim agency, close to the Revolutionary Guard, assured that the US attack would have only reached uninhabited areas around Bandar Abbas and that it "has not caused casualties or damage."
Furthermore, the same outlet cites an "informed military source" who claims that a US-flagged cargo ship "attempted to cross the Strait of Hormuz by turning off its radar, but was forced to stop and return after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Navy acted quickly and decisively, opening fire on it."
This new escalation occurs barely two days after US forces carried out "self-defense attacks" against Iranian vessels and missile launch sites located in southern Iran. On that occasion, Navy Captain Tim Hawkins, spokesman for CENTCOM, framed the bombings as "self-defense" and stressed that the forces were acting "with restraint during the ongoing ceasefire," signed on April 8 and subsequently extended indefinitely by US President Donald Trump.