Iran09 June, 20263 min read
Trump Orders Air Strikes on Iran After Negotiations Stall and Apache Downing
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Negotiations stall; Trump says Iran will pay the price. U.S. began additional strikes against Iran as talks stalled.
Strikes as talks stall
The United States renewed attacks on Iran on Wednesday, with President Donald Trump saying Tehran would “pay the price” for stalling negotiations and ordering another set of air strikes early Thursday morning Iran time.
“Mr. Trump ordered another set of air strikes early Thursday morning Iran time.”
The Globe and Mail described the escalation as following a U.S. attack on Iranian air defence and radar sites and the downing of a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache attack helicopter, with Trump posting on Truth Social after the latest burst of limited hostilities.
Foreign Policy reported that on Tuesday the U.S. military carried out “self-defense” strikes on “Iranian air defense, ground control stations, and surveillance radar sites” in retaliation for the downing of the Apache attack helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz late Monday.
Le Monde reported that U.S. forces “began launching additional self-defense strikes ... against multiple targets in Iran” and said the strikes were in response to Iran’s “unwarranted and continued aggression,” while Iranian media reported explosions in the country’s south near the Strait of Hormuz.
The Foreign Policy account also said the U.S. fired on a Palau-flagged chemical- and oil-products tanker in the Gulf of Oman, and that three Indian nationals aboard the ship remain missing while 21 others were rescued.
Threats, diplomacy, and reactions
Trump told reporters in the Oval Office, “We hit them hard yesterday, and we’re going to hit them hard again today,” and Foreign Policy said he also warned that more attacks on Iran are coming. Le Monde reported that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said there could be a third night of strikes, which he described as “strong” and “clear,” while the United Nations chief cautioned against a return to “full war.” Iran’s UN ambassador Amir Saeid Iravani rejected Trump’s threat, saying “no sustainable deal can be reached through threats, intimidation, or the use of force.”
Foreign Policy said a Qatari delegation arrived in Tehran on Wednesday to discuss next steps to advance the talks, and that Qatar and Pakistan have served as the primary mediators in the war. Le Monde added that China urged both sides to “stop intensifying the conflict and escalating the situation,” as Iran said it attacked American bases in Jordan and Bahrain on Tuesday after U.S. strikes on Iranian targets near the Strait of Hormuz.
What’s at stake next
The Globe and Mail framed the renewed hostilities as occurring while negotiations reportedly produced “some advances in nuclear-weapons discussions,” but said the final result would “almost certainly” let both sides “posture” that they had prevailed.
Le Monde reported that the war has driven energy prices higher after Tehran retaliated by virtually closing the Strait of Hormuz, through which roughly a fifth of global oil normally passes, and said oil prices climbed about 2% as renewed fighting continued.
Foreign Policy said the U.S.-Iran cease-fire agreed to in April is “more like a lesser-fire, as we have seen with the escalating attacks and rhetoric over the last 48 hours,” quoting United Nations chief António Guterres.
The Globe and Mail also tied the political and economic stakes to consumer prices, noting that new U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics figures showed consumer prices rose at an annualized rate of 4.2 per cent in May.
In Folha de S.Paulo, Trump said Iran had made the United States look like fools in the negotiations and warned that Tehran “will have to pay the price,” while Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian said the country would remain “firm in the face of any pressure or threat.”