June 9 (UPI) -- The United States launched new strikes against Iran on Tuesday, not long after U.S. President Donald Trump promised retaliation for an attack on a U.S. helicopter.

The US leader earlier claimed he was unwilling to allow any action that could jeopardise a potential peace deal.

The United States on Tuesday launched strikes against Iran after President Donald Trump said Tehran had shot down a U.S. Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz, deepening doubts about prospects for peace ‌between the two countries. "They shot down a helicopter, and we are responding as we speak," Trump…

The US military launched airstrikes and Iran retaliated Wednesday following the crash of an Army helicopter near the Strait of Hormuz that US President Donald Trump blamed on the Islamic Republic.

The United States said it launched "self-defense" strikes against Iran on June 9 just hours after President Donald Trump said Washington was compelled to respond to the downing of a US Army Apache helicopter by Iranian forces a day earlier.

Trump’s warnings at the White House and on social media came hours after Bahrain, Kuwait and Jordan — all of which host U.S. troops — came under Iranian fire.

The renewed fighting has overshadowed efforts to reopen the Strait of Hormuz.

Earlier in the morning, President Trump posted on social media that the US “must” respond to the helicopter crash, in which two crew members were rescued in stable condition. 

The United States launched strikes against Iran after President Donald Trump said Iran had shot down a US Apache helicopter in the Strait of Hormuz, deepening doubts about prospects for peace between the two countries.