President Trump said Iran has "taken too long" to negotiate a peace deal with the US, adding that "now they will have to pay the price."

U.S. ⁠President ⁠Donald Trump said on Wednesday ⁠that the United States will attack Iran if no peace deal is ​secured and that the U.S. military secretly escorted ships carrying more than 100 million barrels of oil out ‌of the Strait of Hormuz.

The U.S. military said it struck Iranian sites at the direction of President Donald Trump after two helicopter crew members were rescued by a Navy sea drone — a first for the U.S. military, officials said.

We’re going to hit them again hard today,” Trump told reporters at the White House hours after the US said it struck Iranian military sites.

Nevertheless, the United States must, of necessity, respond to this attack,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social at 12:34 p.m. It was not immediately clear what the U.S. response would actually entail,

The announcement comes after the first missile exchange between Iran and Israel since a ceasefire went into effect in April.

The U.S. launched another round of strikes against Iran in response to its "continued aggression," CENTCOM said on Wednesday evening. CBS News' Eleanor Watson and Natalie Brand have the latest.

President Donald Trump spoke in the Oval Office about the waves of American strikes against Iran after it downed an U.S. Apache helicopter.