According to international media reports, the US has attacked Iran’s Qeshm island.US officials described the operation as a defensive measure and a measure to protect US assets, with one official saying that it was in response to Iran’s firing on a US plane.
According to the report, the attack came at a time when US President Donald Trump is expressing the possibility of a diplomatic agreement with Iran.
Earlier on Monday, while talking to reporters, Trump had said that the US has not been fighting for several months.
Meanwhile, Iran’s official news agency said that five explosions were heard in Qeshm one after the other, while the Revolutionary Guards claimed to have destroyed a US MQ-9 drone near the Strait of Hormuz.