Iran latest: US strikes Iran after 2nd commercial ship attacked

Despite ongoing peace talks, Iranian forces have attacked commercial vessels trying to navigate through the Strait of Hormuz on two occasions, and both resulted in counterstrikes by the U.S. military. 

The United States and Iran agreed on June 17 to end hostilities under a 14-point memorandum of understanding. This kicked off a 60-day window of negotiations between the two countries. 

In a post on X following the U.S. retaliatory strikes, Vice President JD Vance said that if Iran "has disagreements about how the MOU is being applied, they can pick up the phone."

"But violence will be met with violence," he added.