US, Iran Exchange Strikes, Putting Talks on Peace Deal at Risk

The US and Iran exchanged strikes overnight, jolting their two-month-old truce and endangering talks aimed at securing lasting peace in the Middle East.

President Donald Trump said he retaliated against the Islamic Republic for shooting down an American Apache helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran didn’t confirm shooting down the aircraft and said it was reconsidering whether to persist with negotiations in light of the US attacks.

“The diplomatic process doesn’t happen in a vacuum and to advance any diplomatic process you need a minimum space to be able to move forward,” Esmail Baghaei, a spokesman for Iran’s Foreign ...