In a post on X, US Central Command (CENTCOM) said US forces intercepted and “downed all of them” and that shipping traffic continues to flow normally and the key international trade corridor remains open.
Iran launched multiple one-way attack drones in an attempt to strike commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. forces have downed all of them in recent hours as traffic flow through the strait continues unimpeded. The international trade corridor remains open for…
— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM) June 13, 2026
This came as the United States and Iran signalled that an agreement to end their war was close, with both sides having agreed on a text for a potential deal.
The conflict began on February 28 and has severely disrupted shipping through the strait, a narrow waterway between Iran and Oman through which 20% of the world’s oil and gas flowed before the war.
This development comes after the United States and Iran signalled on Friday that an agreement to end their war was close, with a senior US administration official saying both sides had agreed on a text and that Washington expects to sign an initial deal in the coming days.
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi said changes were still possible, but the tentative agreement showed his country had emerged stronger from the conflict.
“Iran is the winner of the war with the US,” he said on state television.
The proposed memorandum of understanding calls for reopening the Strait of Hormuz and lifting the US naval blockade on Iranian ports, sources on all sides of the talks said. Negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program — US President Donald Trump’s stated rationale for starting the war — would take place afterwards.
The U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told reporters that the deal met Trump’s core objectives and put negotiations “in a very, very good place.”
Accounts of the draft proposal from Western, Pakistani and Iranian sources pointed to terms that could favour Iran, drawing criticism from Trump, who dismissed the reports as inaccurate.
While there were minor differences in the details, the proposals broadly offered Tehran much of what it had sought, with Trump appearing to secure little beyond the reopening of the strait, which Iran closed after the US and Israel strikes in February.
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