{"id":82701,"date":"2026-05-05T08:14:39","date_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=82701"},"modified":"2026-05-05T08:14:39","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T12:14:39","slug":"u-s-facing-iranian-fire-in-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/u-s-facing-iranian-fire-in-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Facing Iranian Fire In Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From Fox News:<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\">The U.S. operation to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is unfolding under fire, with American forces intercepting Iranian missiles and drones and destroying attack boats targeting commercial shipping as they begin moving vessels through one of the world\u2019s most critical waterways.\u00a0U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said two U.S.-flagged merchant vessels have successfully transited the strait under the effort, dubbed<span style=\"color: #000000;\"> &#8220;<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/trump-announces-project-freedom-iran-threatens-attacks-pakistan-announces-us-release-seized-cargo-ship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Project Freedom<\/a>,&#8221; even as Iranian officials rejected the claim as &#8220;baseless&#8221; and warned that any foreign military presence would be attacked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">President\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0warned th<\/span>at any Iranian strike on U.S. vessels would be met with overwhelming force, saying Iran would be &#8220;blown off the face of the earth,&#8221; while a senior Iranian commander said American forces would be targeted if they &#8220;approach and enter&#8221; the strait.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1777968879\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"U.S. Facing Iranian Fire In Hormuz\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Fox News: The U.S. operation to reopen the Strait of Hormuz is unfolding under fire, with American forces intercepting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82701","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82701"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82701\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82702,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82701\/revisions\/82702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}