Donald Trump’s attempt to suggest the U.S. has the upper hand in the war against Iran immediately backfired after the two countries exchanged fire overnight.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they had targeted a U.S. airbase in an unspecified location in retaliation for a U.S. attack near Bandar Abbas airport early Thursday morning local time.
The U.S. strikes in Bandar Abbas involved the shooting down of four Iranian one-way attack drones that “posed a threat” around the Strait of Hormuz, as well as a strike on the drones’ launch site. A U.S. official told the Daily Beast that the actions were “measured, purely defensive, and intended to maintain” the shaky ceasefire that has been in place since last month.
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