Vice President JD Vance warned that any further aggression would be met in kind, after a series of escalating strikes between the United States and Iran shattered a recent cease-fire agreement around the strategic Strait of Hormuz. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed it attacked American military positions in response to U.S. airstrikes on Iranian missile depots and radar sites, which Washington said were retaliation for an Iranian drone strike on a commercial vessel. A separate projectile hit a tanker in the strait, though responsibility remains unclear. Vance urged resolving disputes through dialogue but added that force would be met with force. The standoff threatens one of the world’s busiest oil shipping lanes.