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27 May 2026, 00:44

The New York Times reported on Tuesday, June 25, citing two U.S. officials, that the U.S. military strikes on targets in southern Iran on Monday night occurred after intelligence analysts identified a series of potentially threatening military actions by the Islamic Republic in the 24 hours leading up to the attacks.

U.S. warplanes sank two speedboats of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps that were attempting to lay mines in the Strait of Hormuz.

The officials, who requested anonymity, also stated that the Islamic Republic fired one-way attack drones at about twelve U.S. Navy warships located in the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea or nearby. These ships are enforcing a maritime blockade against the Islamic Republic.

According to the report, U.S. military analysts also identified activities at some of the Islamic Republic's surface-to-air missile sites near the Strait of Hormuz; activities that posed a threat to U.S. warplanes stationed on the ground and those aboard the U.S. aircraft carrier in the region as part of the maritime blockade enforcement force.

Tim Hawkins, a spokesperson for U.S. Central Command, stated on Monday that the United States conducted strikes on targets in southern Iran "to protect its forces from threats posed by" the Islamic Republic.

Other Pentagon officials dismissed reports from domestic media in Iran that claimed a U.S. drone, the MQ-9 Reaper, was shot down by the Islamic Republic on Tuesday.
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