President Donald Trump on Friday accused Iran of violating the ceasefire agreement with the U.S. after Iran launched drone attacks on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, striking a cargo vessel in the process.
The incident has threatened a fragile diplomatic arrangement reached between Washington and Tehran to end the war
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President Donald Trump on Friday accused Iran of violating the ceasefire agreement with the U.S. after Iran launched drone attacks on ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz, striking a cargo vessel in the process.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran shot at least four One Way Attack Drones at Ships transversing the Strait of Hormuz," Trump wrote on Truth Social. "One of the Drones solidly hit the upper deck of a large and very expensive Cargo Carrying Ship. Damage was done, but the Ship was able to proceed on its way. We knocked down three other Drones. Obviously, this is a foolish violation of our Ceasefire Agreement."
The drone strike on the cargo vessel occurred off the coast of Oman on Thursday.
Around the same time Trump issued his statement, the International Maritime Organization — a United Nations body — announced it was halting its ongoing effort to move stranded ships and crew members out of the strait, according to CNBC. A temporary halt was necessary, IMO chief Arsenio Dominguez explained, citing the need "in order to reconfirm that the necessary safety guarantees continue to be in place for the ships on our evacuation list and all those in the region."
The incident threatens a fragile diplomatic arrangement reached between Washington and Tehran earlier this month. The Trump administration has issued a 60-day license clearing the way for Iranian crude oil to be produced, sold, and even imported into the U.S. as part of a memorandum of understanding to end the war, in which Tehran pledged unobstructed passage through the Strait of Hormuz
The strait is a critical chokepoint handling roughly one-fifth of global seaborne oil. The closure of the waterway during the conflict had pushed crude above $120 per barrel earlier this year. Signs that maritime traffic through the strait was returning to normal had helped push crude prices lower in recent days, with the IMO having cleared roughly 11,000 crew members trapped in the Persian Gulf to transit the strait after securing safety guarantees. The IMO's decision to pause that evacuation effort signals renewed uncertainty about navigation conditions in the region.
Update, June 28, 2026: Oman and the IMO have designated a new transit route through the Strait of Hormuz that passes exclusively through Omani territorial waters. Iran has objected to the route, with Tehran asserting that it contradicts the fifth article of its memorandum of understanding with the United States. (per The Guardian)
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