Qeshm strikes called minor by Trump as Qatar pushe...

Summary

• Trump said the US carried out minor Qeshm strikes on Friday, while mediators from Qatar kept pushing a short bridge deal with Iran.
• What Trump said about the Qeshm strikesTrump spoke to reporters in West Palm Beach after landing.
• Officials said earlier strikes near Qeshm, Hengam and Bandar Abbas hit surface-to-air missile systems.

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Trump said the US carried out minor Qeshm strikes on Friday, while mediators from Qatar kept pushing a short bridge deal with Iran.

Iran’s state media reported that two missiles hit Qeshm Island, which sits off the southern coast near the Strait of Hormuz. The agency added that officials had given no details of any damage.

What Trump said about the Qeshm strikes

Trump spoke to reporters in West Palm Beach after landing. “I don’t want to talk about it,” he said when asked about Qeshm.

He then described the action in general terms. “We do minor strikes,” he said, and he claimed the US destroyed a small anti-aircraft device in about 15 minutes, maybe five.

Trump did not clearly say that he meant the reported Qeshm strikes. These are the first US strikes since Tuesday’s midterm elections, where Republicans lost both chambers of Congress.