{"id":9224,"date":"2026-05-26T12:01:30","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:01:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9224"},"modified":"2026-05-26T12:01:30","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T12:01:30","slug":"us-military-says-it-carried-out-self-defense-strikes-in-iran-including-on-missile-launch-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9224","title":{"rendered":"US military says it carried out \u2018self-defense\u2019 strikes in Iran, including on missile launch sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MUNIR AHMED<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WASHINGTON (AP) \u2014 The U.S. military said Monday that it carried out \u201cself-defense\u201d strikes in southern Iran, including on missile launch sites and boats placing mines, even as President Donald Trump said on social media that negotiations with Tehran were \u201cproceeding nicely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9222\">Trump will see doctors for his annual physical. What the public finds out is up to him<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The strikes were done \u201cto protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces,\u201d but the military was \u201cusing restraint during the ongoing ceasefire,\u201d Capt. Tim Hawkins, the spokesman for the U.S. military\u2019s Central Command, said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Further details were not immediately available, including more specifics on the threats from Iran and what this means for negotiations. There was no official response from Iran, which had sent its parliament speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf to Qatar for negotiations over the possible deal with the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>Qatar, which faced intense attacks from Iran during the war, holds billions of dollars in frozen Iranian funds.<\/p>\n<p>In Iran, the news website Tabnak, believed to be close to former Revolutionary Guard chief Mohsen Rezaei, identified four dead Guard troops it said had been killed in American strikes on boats. Iranian state television separately reported blasts around Bandar Abbas, a city on the Strait of Hormuz home to a military port and a dual-use airport.<\/p>\n<p>The strikes were the latest attacks to shake the weekslong ceasefire in the war. The Strait of Hormuz, through which a fifth of all crude oil and natural gas traded once passed, remains effectively in Iran\u2019s chokehold, disrupting global energy markets.<\/p>\n<h4>Trump brings up recognition of Israel<\/h4>\n<p>Earlier, Trump said any agreement to end the Iran war should include a requirement for several additional countries, including Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, to join the Abraham Accords, the U.S.-brokered agreements from Trump\u2019s first term aimed at normalizing relations with Israel.<\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The proposal came as the emerging Iran deal faced criticism from fellow Republicans who favor a harder line on Iran, and it could add new diplomatic complications to the negotiations.<\/p>\n<p>Trump pointed to Saudi Arabia and Qatar as countries that should \u201cimmediately\u201d sign on. Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates became the first countries to join in 2020, diplomatically recognizing Israel.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote that \u201cafter all the work done by the United States to try and pull this very complex puzzle together, it should be mandatory that all of these Countries, at a minimum, simultaneously, sign onto the Abraham Accords.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has long hoped Saudi Arabia would join. Saudi Arabia in particular has for decades called on Israel to return to its 1967 borders and allow the formation of a Palestinian nation with east Jerusalem as its capital. Israel\u2019s conduct in the war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip also has alienated Gulf Arab states and the wider Muslim world as well.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9217\">Big blast averted, so far, in Garden Grove, but smaller explosion could pose danger<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<\/div>\n<h4>Pakistan remains key mediator<\/h4>\n<p>Recognition of a Palestinian state also remains key for Pakistan, which is among the countries that do not have diplomatic relations with Israel.<\/p>\n<p>Islamabad-based analyst Syed Mohammad Ali said Pakistan\u2019s position on Israel remains unchanged despite Trump\u2019s latest proposal.<\/p>\n<p>The president said he brought up the Abraham Accords plan with leaders during negotiations on Saturday. He said he would accept \u201cone or two\u201d countries declining to sign, but said most should be willing. Egypt and Jordan already formally recognize Israel and have long-standing peace treaties. Turkey first recognized Israel in 1949.<\/p>\n<p>Masood Khan, Pakistan\u2019s former ambassador to the United States, said it remains to be seen how workable the proposal might be for the countries on Trump\u2019s list.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe invocation of the Abraham Accords at this stage gives an altogether new dimension to the diplomatic and mediatory processes because this issue was not on the agenda,\u201d he said, pointing to the domestic pressure Trump is facing to strike a favorable deal.<\/p>\n<p>Still, Khan said, \u201cthe diplomatic track is still working, and I believe Pakistan is very much at the center of it, supported by regional countries.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It remains unclear when or how any deal with Iran might be completed. Trump suggested even Iran could eventually sign on to the accords, if an agreement is reached.<\/p>\n<p>The accords are a series of diplomatic, economic and security agreements created with U.S. influence during Trump\u2019s first term, which also saw Sudan, Morocco, and, more recently, Kazakhstan, join.<\/p>\n<p><em>Ahmed reported from Islamabad. Associated Press writer Jon Gambrell in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=9215\">Updated map shows Garden Grove chemical threat and reduced evacuation zone<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. military said it carried out \u201cself-defense\u201d strikes in southern Iran, including on missile launch sites and boats placing mines.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9223,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-based-on-facts-either-observed-and-verified-directly-by-the-reporter-or-reported-and-verified-from-knowledgeable-sources","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - 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