Iran launched missile strikes on a US air base in retaliation for an earlier attack on its port city of Bandar Abbas, marking a significant escalation amid ongoing ceasefire talks.

Iranian state television on Thursday released images it said showed missiles being launched at an American air base from where earlier in the day a strike had been launched on Iran’s port ⁠city of Bandar Abbas. It is the most serious trade of fire since an April ceasefire began and comes amid ongoing talks to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz.