US carries out new strikes on Iran military site

US forces fire 'defensive strikes' on Iran targeting military site and threat to Strait of Hormuz6 minutes agoShareSaveAdd as preferred on GoogleGetty ImagesThe US military has launched another wave of airstrikes in Iran, actions it is calling "measured, purely defensive, and intended to maintain the ceasefire".US Central Command (Centcom) confirmed that US forces shot down four Iranian one-way attack drones "that posed a threat around the Strait of Hormuz" and struck an Iranian ground control station in Bandar Abbas, a strategic port city, that was about to launch a fifth drone. Iranian media reported that explosions were heard to the east of Bandar Abbas.The strikes come amid a fragile ceasefire between the US and Iran, and protracted negotiations to end the three-month war that has choked traffic in the Strait of Hormuz and shot up global energy prices.During a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, US President Donald Trump said that Iran is "negotiating on fumes", insisting that his war strategy will not be impacted by November's US midterm elections."Maybe we have to go back and finish it, maybe we don't," he said. During that meeting, the president also urged Gulf nations to sign on to the Abraham Accords to normalise relations with Israel, which launched the war with the US on 28 February and is also embroiled in a war with Iranian-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon.The president has threatened to resume a large-scale bombing campaign if Iran does not agree to his terms.While Trump struck an optimistic note over the weekend, saying that a peace deal with Iran had been "largely negotiated", by Wednesday's cabinet meeting, he said that the US is "not satisfied".Trump says US 'not satisfied' with Iran deal yetEarlier this week, Centcom confirmed a previous round of "self-defence" strikes on southern Iran on Monday in which they targeted Iranian missile sites and boats attem...