US strikes Iranian tankers after more attempted missile attacks on Navy warship
CENTCOM said the five tankers were hit in retaliation for two Iranian missile attacks on a U.S. Navy warship and crews were ordered to abandon ship.
- On Tuesday, American forces struck Iranian oil tankers near Kharg Island in response to attempted missile attacks on a Navy warship in the region.
- Washington is pursuing a "full court press" strategy "to ramp up economic pressure on the regime," conducting escort operations and maintaining a blockade on Iranian ports.
- The Revolutionary Guard Navy warned tanker crews near Kuwait and Bahrain to immediately abandon their vessels, threatening to strike ships in retaliation for American attacks.
- Rising energy prices pushed Brent crude to $99.46 on Tuesday, creating political pressure for President Donald Trump and the Republican Party ahead of upcoming elections.
- The Trump administration imposed sanctions on more than two dozen aviation companies Tuesday, targeting Tehran's remaining trading partners as both nations contest the Strait of Hormuz.
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The US Just Took Out Five Iranian Tankers, and Regional Tensions Are Boiling Over
The waters in the Middle East just became a lot more dangerous. On Tuesday, the United States military destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers. The strikes came as direct retaliation for repeated Iranian aggression at sea. According to U.S. Central Command, Iranian forces targeted an American Navy warship twice this week. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired multiple ballistic missiles at the vessel over two days. CENTCOM forces destroye…
The US military carried out an airstrike on Tuesday near the Kharg Island, a key Iranian oil export facility, US officials said. The statement said the targets of the units under the command of the Central Command included Iranian oil tankers. Iran responded by attacking several ships.
The U.S. military destroyed five Iranian oil tankers and sank one of them. Iran's Revolutionary Guards reacted with rocket attacks. Iran expert Danny Citrinowicz speaks of an "escalation leader who apparently neither of them can control."
World News Today Live Updates: Iran’s Guards say they attacked 2 US vessels, 8 tankers, 10 ships in Gulf, Strait of Hormuz
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say they attacked two US vessels and eight oil tankers in the Gulf in retaliation for a US strike on five Iranian tankers.
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