U.S. strike reported on Iran’s Qeshm Island amid diplomacy

The United States struck Iran’s Qeshm Island on Monday, according to a report citing anonymous U.S. officials, as President Donald Trump said a negotiated deal with Tehran remained possible. Iranian state media reported explosions on the island, but accounts differ over who was responsible for them. The reported strike came amid diplomatic contacts and a series of limited U.S. attacks on Iranian targets in recent weeks, according to the officials cited in the report. They said the strikes had been kept small and quiet to avoid signaling that Washington intended to resume a broader military campaign. The account of U.S. responsibility traces to those anonymous officials and has not been independently confirmed in the reports. Iranian state media reported explosions on Qeshm, which lies in the Strait of Hormuz. One account said residents saw two aircraft overhead and that five explosions were heard. Trita Parsi, executive vice president of the Quincy Institute, relayed that Iranian sources believed Israel was responsible, while a U.S. source told him the United States was not. Those accounts leave responsibility disputed. Trump said Monday that Iran wanted a settlement and that...