Trump Blames Iran For ‘Foolish Violation’ Of Ceasefire Agreement Over Ship Attack In Strait Of Hormuz

U.S President Donald Trump condemned Iran’s ‘foolish violation’ of the ceasefire deal after a drone hit a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz.

Though Iran has not taken responsibility for the attack, senior U.S officials said that Tehran fired on the ship.

After this incident, the U.S. launched several attacks on Iran’s missile and drone storage and coastal radar sites in response to the attack on the ship Ever Lovely.

US Central Command called Iran’s action ‘unwarranted aggression that violated the ceasefire agreement and ‘undermined the freedom of navigation through the strait.’

The Singapore-flagged ship owned by Evergreen Marine, based in Taiwan, was struck by a projectile while it was on a southern route along Oman’s coast, rather than the route designated by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Hours before the attack, the IRGC had issued a directive asking all vessels to coordinate directly with the Iranian navy.

The Ever Lovely had been stranded in the region for over 100 days after loading cargo in Irar.

Fortunately, no crew member was hurt, and the ship continued on its journey.

The incident comes at a time when Washington and Tehran are negotiating an interim peace agreement.

After the drone strike on the cargo ship, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) stopped its evacuation plan aimed at helping hundreds of stranded ships and thousands of seafarers in the Gulf move out safely.

Iran has also expressed its anger at the “interventionist, irresponsible and provocative” statement by the U.S and other Gulf countries that rejected Iran’s right to charge tolls in the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Kazem Gharibabadi wrote on X that “safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz cannot be guaranteed under ambiguous arrangements, parallel routes or decision-making that does not take Iran’s role as a coastal state into account”.

Iran has also denied U.S claims that a direct communication line had been established between Tehran and Washington regarding the Strait.

IRGC spokesperson Brigadier General Hossein Mohebbi said that the U.S was lying and that Hormuz is Iranian territory and has no connection to the U.S