Iran fires live missiles into Strait of Hormuz as Trump envoys arrive for nuclear talks

Iran fired unrecorded missiles into the Strait of Hormuz during naval drills Tuesday and signaled it is prepared to adjacent the strategical waterway if ordered by elder leadership, according to Iranian state-affiliated media.

The drills travel arsenic President Donald Trump’s envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are gathering elder Iranian officials successful Geneva for a 2nd circular of atomic talks.

Rear Adm. Alireza Tangsiri, commandant of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy, said Tehran stands acceptable to unopen down the strait, a captious planetary lipid transit route, according to Tasnim News Agency, an outlet affiliated with the IRGC.

Tasnim said postulation done the shipping corridor was suspended for respective hours during the "Smart Control of the Strait of Hormuz" exercise, which included rocket launches from vessels, coastal positions and inland sites, arsenic good arsenic drone operations conducted successful signal-jamming conditions.

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Iranian subject unit instrumentality portion successful the "Smart Control of the Strait of Hormuz" workout successful the Persian Gulf connected Feb. 16, 2026. (Press Office Of The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) antecedently urged the IRGC successful precocious January to transportation retired its announced two-day live-fire naval workout "in a mode that is safe, nonrecreational and avoids unnecessary hazard to state of navigation for planetary maritime traffic."

"U.S. forces admit Iran’s close to run professionally successful planetary airspace and waters. Any unsafe and unprofessional behaviour adjacent U.S. forces, determination partners oregon commercialized vessels increases risks of collision, escalation, and destabilization," it said.

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Iranian subject unit instrumentality portion successful the "Smart Control of the Strait of Hormuz" workout connected Feb. 16, 2026. (Press Office Of The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps/Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)

The Trump medication has built up a ample subject beingness successful the Middle East arsenic talks implicit Iran’s atomic programme continue, with U.S. officials signaling that immoderate imaginable statement would request to spell beyond enrichment and code broader information concerns.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said successful February that for negotiations to beryllium "meaningful," they would request to code Iran’s ballistic missiles, its sponsorship of violent organizations crossed the region, its atomic programme and its attraction of its ain people.

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Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One connected Monday that helium would beryllium progressive successful the talks "indirectly."

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