Iran: New US strike violated ceasefire

Iran on Tuesday accused the U.S. of violating a ceasefire put in place on April 8 following fresh military strikes carried out by the American military, which described the strikes as defensive actions.

The accusation runs the risk of triggering a new round of Iranian strikes against U.S. bases and allies in the region as the Trump administration and Iranian officials engage in high-stakes talks to end the war. 

“The United States committed a gross violation of the ceasefire in the Hormozgan region in the past 48 hours. … Iran holds the U.S. regime responsible for all the consequences resulting from these aggressive and unjustified actions,” the Iranian Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Gen. Seyed Majid Mousavi, commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force, in a post on the social platform X characterized the negotiations with the U.S. as “pure loss” and said........

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