“The attack drones posed an immediate threat to regional maritime traffic. U.S. forces subsequently struck Iranian coastal surveillance radar sites in Goruk and on Qeshm Island to defend against further attacks,” CENTCOM said in a post on X.
The military said it will continue to respond to “unjustified Iranian aggression in self-defense.”
President Donald Trump said Friday that he’s “moving very fast” with the Iran war, nearly 100 days since the US and Israel launched strikes, and despite his initial stated timeline of four to six weeks.
“I’m moving very fast. I’m into three months, you know. Vietnam lasted 19 years. I’m into my third month,” Trump told NBC News in an interviewed taped Friday afternoon. The clip was released to tease the full interview, scheduled to air Sunday.
Trump has yet to reach even a tentative agreement with Iran, and Tehran launched drones toward the Strait of Hormuz Friday — prompting questions about whether Iran truly wants to make a deal.
“It’s a very hard thing for them. They’ve had great independence, they’ve dealt with very weak and ineffective leadership on behalf of the United States and other countries, frankly,” Trump said.
Trump hinted that he had gotten irritated after his interview with NBC, saying in remarks at a roundtable in Wisconsin directly after the sitdown that “because it was raining, I got a little bit angry at them.” Rain was pounding on the roof of the venue, which was audible during the event.
“I was not happy with that, but we had a good time,” he said, calling them “NBC fake news.”
