The United States said it shot down numerous Iranian drones targeting commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz early Saturday, just hours after both sides said an agreement to end the Middle East conflict was closer than ever. The interception came after weeks of stalled talks between Tehran and Washington, mediated by Pakistan, punctuated by threats and exchanges of fire despite a tenuous truce reached in April.
The US Central Command (CENTCOM), which supervises activities in the region, said on X that Iran had “launched multiple one-way attack drones in an attempt to strike commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz.”
“US forces have downed all of them in recent hours, and traffic flow through the strait remains unimpeded,” it stated. CENTCOM also stated that the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial maritime commerce route for oil and gas from the Gulf, “remains open for transit” despite an Iranian-enforced blockade since the beginning of the war.
Disagreements between the two sides have remained, with Iranian state media publishing a breakdown of what was allegedly on the table that contradicted Washington’s account.”The Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding has never been closer,” Iran’s foreign minister, Abbas Araghchi, said on social media, referring to the Pakistani capital that has previously held US-Iran negotiations.
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