Iran war latest: Ceasefire appears to hold after US strikes Iranian oil tankers

The shaky ceasefire between the United States and Iran appeared to be holding Saturday after the U.S. struck two Iranian oil tankers.

Meanwhile, Washington is waiting for Iran's response to its latest proposal to end the war, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and roll back Tehran’s disputed nuclear program.

Here's the latest: 

US responds to attack in Strait of Hormuz

The U.S. military said Friday that its forces had disabled two Iranian tankers that were trying to breach an American blockade of Iran’s ports. Hours earlier, the military said it thwarted attacks on three Navy ships and struck Iranian military facilities in the strait.

In this picture obtained from Iran's ISNA news agency and taken on May 2, 2026, the Gambia-flagged tanker vessel Bili is pictured anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas in southern Iran. (Photo by Amirhossein KHORGOOEI / ISNA / AFP via Get

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The U.S. military posted video of the two Iranian tankers as their smokestacks were struck by an American fighter jet on Friday. Earlier in the week, an American military jet shot out the rudder of a tanker the U.S. military said was attempting to breach its blockade.

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A U.S. strike overnight killed at least one sailor and injured 10 others aboard a cargo vessel that caught fire, a news agency affiliated with Iran’s judiciary reported. It was not clear if the ship was one of the two tankers the U.S. acknowledged striking.

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Politico's Paul McLeary joins LiveNOW's Anna Marsick to discuss the latest on tensions between the U.S. and Iran. 

Despite the attacks, President Donald Trump has insisted the ceasefire is holding. He also has reiterated threats to resume full-scale bombing if Iran doesn’t accept an agreement to reopen the strait and roll back its nuclear program.

'Iran wasn't developing a nuclear weapon,' ex-counterterrorism chief says

Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent, who resigned his position in March over the U.S.- and Israel-led attacks against Iran, said the intelligence community concluded Iran was not developing a nuclear weapon before the war began. Kent made the comments on X. Thursday. 

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Iran’s nuclear program has been a major talking point for the Trump administration as it defends the unpopular military operation.

Read more on Kent's claims here.