US forces struck an Iranian anti-aircraft facility in the Qeshm Island area overnight on 2-3 November 2026, with President Donald Trump publicly confirming the attack on 3 November and describing it as minor, AFP reported.
Separately, Anadolu reported that Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei called Washington's response to Iran's demands unconvincing, saying the Strait of Hormuz would reopen only after the United States explicitly addressed and fulfilled seven conditions.
Washington describes a limited attack
In his Fox & Friends interview, Trump said the United States had watched the facility being built for about two months and struck after completion, according to AFP; that construction timeline and description of the target were the president's account.
Two US officials told ABC News that the Qeshm strikes were defensive and limited, with one saying they followed an Iranian attack on a US aircraft; the officials said the action did not signal a resumption of major combat operations.
ABC News reported that Central Command had not answered its request for comment, while AFP cited Iranian state agency IRNA's account of explosions on Qeshm; neither account supplied an independently established assessment of the facility after the attack.
Tehran sets conditions for reopening
Anadolu listed Iran's reported demands as a regional ceasefire, release of frozen assets, lifting oil sanctions, ending the US naval blockade, war reparations, withdrawal of US forces, and an end to threats and interference; these were Iranian conditions, not an agreed settlement.
Iranian foreign ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei said the reopening plan could be implemented within two days if Washington met Tehran's demands, AFP reported; the proposed two-day period was conditional and did not amount to an announced reopening date.
Reuters reported that Iran still linked reopening the Strait and beginning nuclear negotiations to measures including ending the blockade and lifting oil sanctions, while AFP quoted Qatar as continuing to exchange proposals between the parties rather than announcing a completed agreement.
Shipping reports remain separate
In warning 195-26 dated 3 November, UKMTO relayed a company security officer's report that two unidentified projectiles hit a tanker's engine room 14 nautical miles northeast of Lima, Oman; no casualties or environmental impact were reported at that stage.
Separately, Shafaq News carried an IRGC claim that tankers had struck mines, while Reuters reporting republished by The News carried an Iranian claim of vessel seizures; these claims were not independently established and do not identify the same incident as UKMTO's projectile report.
Iranian state outlet Press TV also carried IRGC claims about capturing and destroying American drones; ABC News reported a US official's rejection of the claim concerning two reconnaissance drones, leaving the competing accounts without independent confirmation in the reporting reviewed.