Iran live updates: US conducts strikes on Iran over Strait of Hormuz drone attack
Iran live updates: US forces conduct strikes on Iranian targets over Strait of Hormuz drone attack
Trump said Iran shot at least four drones at ships in the waterway.
President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" against Iran on Feb. 28, with massive joint U.S.-Israeli strikes targeting military, government and infrastructure sites.
Delegations from the United States and Iran arrived over the weekend at the Bürgenstock resort in Switzerland, where they entered negotiations aimed at a war-ending deal based on a memorandum of understanding signed last week by both countries.
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US strikes included 6 aircraft attacking 4 targets
The U.S. strikes against Iran involved six U.S. aircraft attacking four targets, a U.S. official told ABC News.
The official said those targets included missile, drone and radar sites along the Iranian coastline.
-ABC News' Steven Beynon
Vance on strikes: 'Violence will be met with violence'
Following Friday's strikes, Vice President JD Vance emphasized that Iran signed a ceasefire agreement and "can pick up the phone" if it has any issues with the memorandum of understanding, in a post on social media.
"Iran signed a ceasefire agreement. We have honored it. If they have disagreements about how the MOU is being applied, they can pick up the phone. But violence will be met with violence," he said.
Vance was in Switzerland earlier this week to negotiate the implementation of the MOU with Iran and mediators.
-ABC News' Hannah Demissie
US official on decision to strike Iran
Friday's airstrikes against Iran mark the first U.S. military strikes on Iranian targets since the memorandum of understanding was signed on June 17, and the first test of whether the peace process it launched can withstand direct attacks between its signatories.
The strikes were designed with the goal of having a large enough scope to send a strong message on freedom of navigation through the Strait of Hormuz and provide a "course correction," but limited enough to avoid restarting the conflict and significantly derailing diplomacy, a U.S. official said -- adding the caveat that whether or how Iran chose to respond would play a big part in that.
The official said there was initially some debate within the administration over whether it was necessary to launch a military response to Iran's drone strike on the Singapore-flagged cargo ship, but that chilling effect on traffic in the strait and Tehran's messaging on managing the waterway drove the decision.
On U.S.-Iran negotiations, working-level groups have been continuing to work on key areas, and a fresh round of technical talks is currently scheduled to resume at the beginning of next week in Switzerland.
-ABC News' Shannon Kingston
Strikes have ended: US official
The retaliatory U.S. airstrikes against Iran are over, according to a U.S. official. They lasted about an hour.
The U.S. military response to Thursday's Iranian drone attack on the
container ship is limited to these "powerful" strikes for now, according
to a U.S. official.
-ABC News' Luis Martinez
US strikes Iran over Strait of Hormuz attack: CENTCOM
U.S. forces conducted strikes on Iran on Friday in response to the Iranian drone strike on a Singapore-flagged cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, according to U.S. Central Command.
"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," CENTCOM said in a statement.
The U.S. on Friday targeted Iranian missile and drone storage locations as well as coastal radar sites, CENTCOM said.
The strikes are ongoing, according to a U.S. official.
The strikes were announced shortly after President Donald Trump told reporters in the Oval Office that "you're going to find out" if the U.S. will respond.
Trump on whether US will respond after Iranian drone strike: 'You're going to find out'
After President Donald Trump accused Iran of violating the ceasefire for shooting drones at ships in the Strait of Hormuz, he told reporters in the Oval Office that "you'll have to find out" when asked if Iran will face any consequences.
Asked by ABC News Senior Political Correspondent Rachel Scott if he considered the ceasefire to still be in place, Trump responded that he didn't "like the fact" that they shot four drones, one of which damaged a ship.
"They shouldn't be doing that. So you'll find out. I mean, you’ll find out exactly," he continued.
Asked if the U.S. will respond, Trump said, "You're going to find out."
Rubio says agreement a 'framework for lasting peace'
Secretary of State Rubio said the agreement reached Friday between Israel and Lebanon "begins to put in place a framework for lasting peace and security."
He thanked the people in the room for their work but acknowledged there was still a long road ahead of them.
"As I told all the parties here today, it's the beginning of the beginning. There's a lot of work ahead," Rubio said at the State Department. "We don't in any way underestimate the difficulty of the task ahead, but we understand the importance of it, how vital it is."
Rubio held calls with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Lebanese President Joseph Aoun to get the framework agreement over the finish line and joined the talks in person Friday morning, according to a U.S. official.
The agreement is expected to include immediate action by both sides, including limited withdrawals from Israeli forces.
Despite the signing of the agreement, there is still no guarantee that Hezbollah will abide by its terms.
-ABC News' Shannon Kingston
Lebanon-Israel framework agreement expected to be signed Friday: Source
A framework agreement between Israel and Lebanon is expected to be signed Friday night in Washington, an Israeli source familiar with the matter told ABC News.
Representatives of Israel and Lebanon made significant progress on the fourth day of talks on Friday, according to two sources familiar with the developments. Both sides agreed to a ceasefire framework in early June, according to the sources.
-ABC News' Jordana Miller and Shannon Kingston
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