Iran-US war live: Trump says ceasefire still in place despite trading Hormuz strikes with Tehran ‘lunatics’ – UK Times

US president Donald Trump has threatened to knock out Iran “more violently” if a peace deal is not signed following attacks on US ships in the Strait of Hormuz.

The US military announced Thursday it intercepted “unprovoked Iranian attacks” in the key oil waterway.

Trump later boasted about how the US Navy guided-missile destroyers were able to fight off the Iranian attack, writing on Truth Social, “Drones came, and were incinerated while in the air. They dropped ever so beautifully down to the Ocean, very much like a butterfly dropping to its grave!”

The president warned, “Just like we knocked them out again today, we’ll knock them out a lot harder, and a lot more violently, in the future, if they don’t get their Deal signed, FAST!”

• US president Donald Trump brands Iran’s leadership “lunatics” after three US destroyers come under attack in the Strait of Hormuz in one of the most serious confrontations since the fragile ceasefire began
• US military says missiles, drones and small boats targeted warships during their transit through the strait, though all attacks were intercepted and none of the destroyers were hit
• Washington later carry out retaliatory strikes on what it described as Iranian military facilities responsible for the assault, including launch sites and command centres
• Iran, however, described the incident as an “exchange of fire” between Iranian armed forces and the “enemy” even as Trump said the ceasefire was holding