US, Iran test each other’s red lines in new fighting

The delicate ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran was put to the test on Friday when the U.S. military reopened strikes against the Middle Eastern nation over an alleged infringement of the agreement’s terms. 

President Trump called the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s attack on a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz a “foolish violation” of the 60-day truce. The U.S. military said it conducted strikes against Iran’s coastal radar locations and missile and drone storage sites on Friday. 

Tehran responded early Saturday morning with a drone strike on Bahrain, which houses the U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet. 

Before the ceasefire agreement, Iran regularly struck U.S. bases in the Middle East. However, the U.S. and Iran had agreed to halt fighting during peace deal negotiations led by Vice President Vance and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff.

The speaker of Bahrain’s Council of Representatives, Ahmed bin Salman Al Musallam, “strongly condemned” Iran’s attack on Bahrain and called it a “flagrant violation” of the country’s sovereignty in a statement published by Bahrain News Agency. 

Additionally, the British Navy’s shipping monitor........

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