In a fresh round of tensions in fragile US-Iran negotiations, the US said on Monday it has launched ‘powerful’ strikes on Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites. This was in response to a drone-attack by Iran on a commercial ship in the Strait of Hormuz, it added.Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) had said the US attack “violated” commitments and reiterated that the US-Iran MoU gave Tehran control over traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.The US Central Command (CENTCOM), tasked to West Asia, said on Monday that forces conducted strikes against Iran, June 26, as a ‘powerful response’ to yesterday’s attack on a commercial ship that was transiting the Strait of Hormuz.“US aircraft struck Iranian missile and drone storage locations and coastal radar sites after Iran hit M/V Ever Lovely on June 25 with a one-way attack drone”, the US said.The Singapore-flagged cargo ship was exiting the Strait of Hormuz along the Omani coast at the time of Iran’s attack. The unwarranted aggression against commercial shipping by Iranian forces clearly violated the ceasefire.Furthermore, Iran’s dangerous behavior undermined freedom of navigation as commerce increasingly flows through the vital international trade corridor. The US said adding “The CENTCOM forces continue to provide safe passage coordination and support to commercial vessels transiting the strait”.The US military remains present and vigilant to ensure all aspects of the agreement with Iran are adhered to, obeyed, and in full force and effect, it added.US President Donald Trump had earlier said that the Iranian drone attack on the Ever Lovely cargo ship on June 25 was “a foolish violation” of the deal.The United Nations’ International Maritime Organization (IMO) had yesterday paused its Strait of Hormuz evacuation initiative after the ‘Ever Lovely’ was attacked in the Gulf of Oman.The IMO, on Tuesday had began evacuating 600 ships and around 11,000 mariners stranded by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz during the US-Israeli war on Iran, helping them leave the Gulf through two routes – one via Iranian waters and another via Omani waters with US oversight.