WASHINGTON—The U.S. military carried out new strikes overnight in Iran targeting a military site and shooting down four Iranian one-way attack drones that posed a threat around the Strait of Hormuz, a U.S. official said on Wednesday.
The official said the military site that was struck was an Iranian ground control station in Iran's Bandar Abbas that was about to launch a fifth drone.
The U.S. military strikes came during negotiations to end a three-month-old war that has sent global energy prices sharply higher since it began on Feb. 28 with U.S. and Israeli attacks.
"These actions were measured, purely defensive, and intended to maintain the ceasefire," the official said.
President Donald Trump earlier on Wednesday dismissed a Iranian state media report that Iran and Oman would jointly manage shipping through the Strait of Hormuz as part of a peace deal. Trump said the waterway would remain open.
The United States last carried out what it called defensive strikes against Iran on Monday, in what Iran called a violation of the countries' fragile ceasefire. The United States targets included boats attempting to lay mines and missile launch sites that the U.S. military's Central Command said posed a threat to U.S. forces.