US launches retaliatory strikes on Iran after military helicopter shot down over Strait of Hormuz
Trump had accused Iran of shooting down a US helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz and vowed to respond to the attack out of “necessity”.
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Trump had accused Iran of shooting down a US helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz and vowed to respond to the attack out of “necessity”.

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Trump had accused Iran of shooting down a US helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz and vowed to respond to the attack out of “necessity”.
President Trump said Tuesday that Iran was responsible for shooting down a U. S. Army attack helicopter that crashed near the Strait of Hormuz.
President Trump said Tuesday that Iran was responsible for shooting down a U. S. Army attack helicopter that crashed near the Strait of Hormuz.
The two helicopter pilots were uninjured. After the retaliatory strikes were announced, President Trump said, "I believe the response should be very strong, very powerful."
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President Trump said Tuesday that Iran was responsible for shooting down a U. S. Army attack helicopter that crashed near the Strait of Hormuz.
President Trump said Tuesday that Iran was responsible for shooting down a U. S. Army attack helicopter that crashed near the Strait of Hormuz.
President Trump said Tuesday that Iran was responsible for shooting down a U. S. Army attack helicopter that crashed near the Strait of Hormuz.
Centcom said it carried out a ‘proportional response to unjustified Iranian aggression’ after President Trump said the Iranian regime shot down a U. S. Apache helicopter. Two crew members w...
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President Donald Trump ordered the response as he seeks a deal to end the war.
But Iranian officials reportedly claim that the downing was not deliberate.
Trump has repeatedly said Iran and the United States are close to an agreement, though there have been few signs of progress.
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The U. S. launched strikes against Iran on Tuesday after Trump said Tehran had shot down a U. S. Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz.
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The US has begun striking Iran in retaliation for its Monday night downing of an American military helicopter and its two pilots, US Central Command said Tuesday.
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The president says the U. S. will retaliate. When and how extensively remain to be seen as Iran continues to defy the Trump-ordered ‘ceasefire.’
Two US officials told CNN that the Apache helicopter was brought down by an Iranian drone.
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Iran shot down our Apache helicopter. “The Iranians shot down one of our highly sophisticated Apache helicopters while patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz,” he said on Truth Social, adding...
A military response from the US could threaten the ceasefire that has been in place since 8 April, as Tehran warned "foreign forces" to leave the Strait of Hormuz.
Earlier, Trump confirmed the two pilots in the U. S. helicopter are unharmed and safe.
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