Forget the ceasefire — The U.S. and Iran are still locked in combat over the Strait of Hormuz as Tehran tries to shut down a competing route

A lot of projectiles have been flying across the Persian Gulf recently, despite the U.S.-Iran agreement to extend their ceasefire and negotiate a lasting peace.

On Saturday, Iran launched drones at Bahrain, which is home to a U.S. Navy base. The Islamic republic was also likely responsible for an attack on a commercial ship.

Hours later, the U.S. continued the tit-for-tat exchanges, as Central Command announced strikes on Iranian military surveillance infrastructure, communication systems, air-defense sites, drone storage facilities, and minelayer capabilities.

“After yesterday’s U.S. strikes in response to the Iranian attack on M/V Ever Lovely, Iran was given a chance to honor the ceasefire agreement but elected not to when its forces launched a one-way attack drone that hit M/T Kiku this morning at 4:30 a.m. ET,” it said in a post on X.

That came a day after Central Command said it struck Iranian missile and drone locations as well as coastal radar sites in response to earlier attacks on ships trying to cross the Strait of Hormuz.

It was the latest attempt by Tehran to scare away vessels that are not using the regime-approved route through the narrow waterway that’s critical to the global energy mark...