JAKARTA - President Donald Trump said the United States' ceasefire with Iran is still in effect, after the two sides engaged in mutual attacks on Thursday night local time.
"The ceasefire is still in effect. It is still in effect," Trump told ABC News' Rachel Scott in a telephone interview, describing the attack as "just a mild blow," CNN reported (8/5).
As previously reported, the US military launched an attack on an Iranian military facility that it said was responsible for an attack on a US warship crossing the Strait of Hormuz.
After the statement made by US CENTCOM, President Trump warned "we will destroy them harder, and much more brutally" if Iran does not immediately sign the deal.
Trump's statement came after an Iranian military spokesman today claimed that the US violated the ceasefire by targeting an Iranian oil tanker heading to the Strait of Hormuz.
Regional tensions have been on the rise since the US and Israel launched an attack on Iran on February 28, which triggered retaliation from Tehran against Israel and US allies in the Gulf, along with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
The ceasefire came into effect on April 8 through Pakistani mediation, but talks in Islamabad failed to produce a lasting agreement. The ceasefire was then extended by US President Donald Trump without a set time limit.
Since April 13, the US has imposed a naval blockade targeting Iranian maritime traffic in the strait.
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