President Donald Trump on Friday accused Iran of striking a cargo ship crossing the Strait of Hormuz, calling the attack a “foolish violation” of the countries’ ceasefire agreement.

In a Truth Social post, Trump said Iran shot “at least four One Way Attack Drones” at ships crossing the strait, a key oil route, and that one of the drones “solidly hit the upper deck of a large and very expensive Cargo Carrying Ship.”

“Damage was done, but the Ship was able to proceed on its way. We knocked down three other Drones,” Trump wrote. “Obviously, this is a foolish violation of our Ceasefire Agreement.”

Trump did not specify when and which ships he was referring to, though he made the statement after the British military said Thursday that a ship was hit by a projectile off the coast of Oman. Trump also did not say what, if any, action he planned to take in response to the alleged ceasefire violation.

Trump addressed the strike later Friday while delivering remarks at a policy conference for the Faith and Freedom Coalition, a conservative advocacy organization, in Washington.

“Nobody saw it coming, and it hit a ship and did some damage,” he said. “Can’t do that stuff.”

The White House did not publicly comment on the strike on Thursday. A U.S. official granted anonymity to discuss internal assessments told MS NOW on Wednesday that the White House would determine whether the attack constituted a violation of the U.S.-Iran memorandum of understanding (MOU). That official also said Iran was behind the attack.

The MOU states, in part, that Iran will use “its best efforts for the safe passage of commercial vessels.” Iran’s deputy foreign minister, Kazem Gharibabadi, insisted on Friday that Iran ultimately controls passage through the strait, writing in a post on X, “safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz, with ambiguous arrangements, parallel routes, or decision-making outside of Iran’s considerations as the coastal state, cannot be guaranteed.”

Following the Thursday attack, Arsenio Dominguez, Secretary-General of the International Maritime Organization, said the organization was pausing its evacuation plan of more than 11,000 sailors stranded in the strait “in order to reconfirm that the necessary safety guarantees continue to be in place for the ships on our evacuation list and all those in the region.”

Julia Jester contributed reporting.

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