{"id":35663,"date":"2026-05-28T07:57:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=35663"},"modified":"2026-05-28T07:57:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T05:57:04","slug":"iran-us-trade-air-strikes-after-trump-dismisses-report-of-hormuz-deal","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/iran-us-trade-air-strikes-after-trump-dismisses-report-of-hormuz-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran, US trade air strikes after Trump dismisses report of Hormuz deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guard said on Thursday it targeted a United States (US) \u200bairbase after the US military carried out what a Washington official said were strikes targeting an Iranian drone operation near the Strait of Hormuz, hours after President Donald \u200cTrump rejected a report he was close to a compromise deal with Tehran.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The escalation in hostilities highlighted threats to the tenuous ceasefire between the US and Iran that took effect in early April, dampening hopes for a peace deal and sending oil prices surging again.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The US official, who requested anonymity to speak candidly about military operations, told<i>\u00a0Reuters<\/i>\u00a0the military shot down four Iranian attack drones and struck a ground control station in the port city of Bandar Abbas that was \u200babout to launch a fifth drone.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8220;These actions were measured, purely defensive and intended to maintain the ceasefire,&#8221; the official said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said it targeted a US base in response to \u200bwhat it described as an early morning US attack near Bandar Abbas airport,<i>\u00a0<\/i><i>Tasnim<\/i><i>\u00a0news agency <\/i>reported.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The IRGC said they targeted the US airbase from \u2060which the attack on the control station near Bandar Abbas was launched.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":30899,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-35663","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Hormuz deal threatened ","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35664,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/35663\/revisions\/35664"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=35663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}