The United States on Friday struck Iran a day after a cargo ship was attacked in the Strait of Hormuz, testing the ceasefire in West Asia.The US military said that it targeted Iranian missile and drone storage facilities, and coastal radar sites.The US Central Command alleged that Iran on Thursday hit Singapore-flagged MV Ever Lovely with a one-way attack drone when the ship was transiting the strait. The vessel was near the Omani coast when it was struck.“The unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces clearly violated the ceasefire,” the US military said in a statement. “Furthermore, Iran’s dangerous behaviour undermined freedom of navigation as commerce increasingly flows through the vital international trade corridor.”The Central Command said that it had continued to provide safe passage coordination and support to commercial vessels passing through the strait.On Saturday, Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said that the US had again demonstrated “its pattern of breaching commitments” by striking the Iranian coast “under the pretext of preventing the passage of a non-compliant vessel through an unauthorized route” in the Strait of Hormuz.Tehran said that in response to the US attack, its naval forces had “targeted and struck positions” of the US military in the region.Before the strikes on Friday, US President Donald Trump said on social media that the alleged drone strike on the cargo vessel was “a foolish violation of our ceasefire agreement” by Iran.Since the war in West Asia began on February 28, the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterbody connecting the Gulf to the Arabian Sea, had effectively been blocked for most international commercial vessels, triggering a global energy crisis.On June 15, the US and Iran reached an interim agreement to stop the fighting and reopen the strait for commercial vessels. They have since held talks in Switzerland aimed at reaching a final peace deal within 60 days.The two countries agreed to set up a communication channel “to avoid incidents and miscommunication with the aim of safe passage for commercial vessels” through the strait, mediators Pakistan and Qatar had said.On Tuesday, the United Nations’ International Maritime Organization announced a plan to evacuate all ships, and the more than 11,000 seafarers on them, stranded in the strait.Edited by Nachiket Deuskar.