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Iran as "a proportional response" for the Apache helicopter downing on Monday, with the IRGC describing them as "vicious". Trump
Iran in response to the overnight downing [of a helicopter](/news/2026/6/9/trump-says-iran-shot-down-us-helicopters-over-hormuz-vows-to-respond) over the Strait of Hormuz. Trump
response to a military helicopter crash off the strait of Hormuz** that **Donald Trump** said Iran had downed
Trump instructed aides to deliver a message to Iran via Qatar that the strikes did not signal a “restart of all-out war” and were solely a response to the helicopter downing
Iran to uphold U.S. credibility. Iranian officials say they did not target the U.S. helicopter and suggested it went down in an accident. The troops on the downed helicopter were unharmed. r over the Strait
response” to the downing of the Apache helicopter. Trump has accused Iranian negotiators of “playing us for suckers” a day after he repeated claims that a peace deal was imminent. “We hit them hard yesterday
Iran is all talk and no action. The Bully of the Middle East is DEAD!!!”  Donald Trump: ‘They have been completely defeated.’ Photograph: Mark Schiefelbein/AP Trump
Iran? The US launched waves of attacks starting late on Tuesday following the downing of the helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz. The US described the attacks as “self-defence strikes” and a “proportional response
downing of the Apache helicopter, the US managed to strike more than 20 sites in Iran including radar and anti-aircraft sites, according to US officials. And on Wednesday in the Oval Office, Trump warned
downing](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/09/nx-s1-5851845/trump-confirms-iran-shot-down-helicopter-says-u-s-must-respond) U.S. Central Command said in a social media post that the military was striking "multiple targets in Iran," attacks that were "in response to Iran's unwarranted and continued aggression
downing a US army helicopter near the strait of Hormuz, warning that the US would be forced to respond to the attack. The US army Apache helicopter gunship crashed off the coast of Oman early
response to the downing of an Apache helicopter near the strait of Hormuz a day earlier, and Iran has retaliated by hitting American airbases in the Middle East. The exchange of fire came
Iran has denied responsibility for that attack. But Trump has played down the previous rounds of violence, stressing that a deal between Washington and Tehran remains close despite the tension. A direct Iranian attack
Helicopters while patrolling over the Strait of Hormuz. There were two pilots involved, both are safe and uninjured,” Trump wrote on social media. “Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack.” Iran
Trump and Netanyahu had assumed. Their judgement was wrong, and they have lost control of the consequences. The latest of those is [Iran's downing of the US Apache helicopter](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cze9359gglyo).
Trump’s orders, in an escalation that prompted Tehran to declare the Strait of Hormuz closed to “all types of vessels”. The US military said the strikes late on Wednesday were “in response to Iran
response to recent attacks on US forces and international commercial ships transiting regional waters”, including the downing of a US Apache attack helicopter over the Strait of Hormuz on Monday. Iran has denied deliberately targeting
Trump hinted that one of his goals was to enable anti-government protesters to overthrow the clerical regime - though this has since been downplayed. "These attacks were therefore almost certainly primarily aimed at increasing