US military says it carried out 'self-defense' strikes in Iran, including on missile launch sites

[dalton99a]

https://apnews.com/article/iran-deal-trump-israel-abrams-01a13e9a63ece786a0a7fa4933dbf09b

US military says it carried out ‘self-defense’ strikes in Iran, including on missile launch sites
By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, LINDSAY WHITEHURST and MUNIR AHMED
Updated 7:11 PM CDT, May 25, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said Monday that it carried out “self-defense” strikes in southern Iran, including on missile launch sites and boats placing mines, even as President Donald Trump said on social media that negotiations were “proceeding nicely.”

The strikes were done “to protect our troops from threats posed by Iranian forces,” but the military was “using restraint during the ongoing ceasefire,” Capt. Tim Hawkins, U.S. Central Command spokesman, said in a statement.

Further details were not immediately available, including more specifics on the threats from Iran and what this means for negotiations. Earlier, Trump said any agreement to end the Iran war should include a requirement for several additional countries, including Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, to join the Abraham Accords, the U.S.-brokered agreements from Trump’s first term aimed at normalizing relations with Israel.

The proposal came as the emerging Iran deal faced criticism from fellow Republicans who favor a harder line on Iran, and it could add new diplomatic complications to the negotiations.

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The good-faith negotiator bombed Iran again during negotiations

[eppur_se_muova]

1. This is "self-defense" the way "stand your ground" is self-defense, except you're not on your own ground. nt

[Walleye]

2. I'm sorry, but I thought a ceasefire meant you cease firing

Silly me, to take them at their word. The problem is, he hates experts so much that he has no diplomats in his administration to practice any kind of diplomacy. All he knows is killing people.

[UpInArms]

3. They started it

when they hit me back

[enough]

4. True to form.

[sakabatou]

5. Next Dem president will have to clean up the mess, if they can

and then the media will say it's the Democrats fault for some reason or another, instead of Dump and his cronies.

[Dan]

6. Look, Trump fucked up. And, like his businesses he has not a clue - so he doubles down on stupidity.

This is a war that Trump is going to lose; and the only way that Trump will win this is to escalate to a world war - and we all lose.

[yellow dahlia]

7. Like we didn't see this coming.

[House of Roberts]

8. Probably all decoys.

Missile launch sites? You think they turn on the targeting radar and leave it on for the incoming missiles to home in on? That gets shut down as soon as the missiles leave and then they skedaddle to another tunnel before detection. It's another game of whack a mole like we dealt with in Iraq, but with much better equipment.

[liberalla]

9. I really don't like this, but I'm not surprised! If there is a way to screw things up even more, will DJT do it?

Damn right! Of course he will!