The US Military Just Threatened to ‘Destroy Iran’s Limited and Exposed Oil Fleet’ if Tehran Keeps Trying to Attack the US Navy
CENTCOM said the vessels helped fund the Revolutionary Guard and its proxies after Iranian missile fire targeted two U.S. Navy warships.
- On Saturday, U.S. Central Command struck three Iranian crude oil carriers after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired ballistic missiles at American warships, with no U.S. casualties reported.
- CENTCOM commander Adm. Brad Cooper justified the retaliation, stating, "If you shoot at two of our ships, we will impose an even higher economic cost—taking out three of yours."
- Military aircraft issued a 10-minute warning to the M/T Stark 1 before disabling it; CENTCOM also permanently disabled the M/T Downy and completely destroyed the M/T Kylo in the Gulf of Oman.
- Parliament Speaker Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf threatened retaliation, while Supreme National Security Council secretary Mohsen Rezaei warned of a 'maritime exclusion zone' across the Persian Gulf in response to the strikes.
- Brent crude surged above $99 a barrel on Tuesday as markets reacted to the attacks, while analyst Hamidreza Azizi suggested Iran likely seeks calibrated escalation to make diplomacy preferable to war.
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US strikes Iranian tankers after attempted attack on Navy ships
WASHINGTON — The US military carried out strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island in the Gulf and around the southeastern Iranian port city of Jask, east of the Strait of Hormuz, in the latest retaliatory exchange of fire between the two sides."American forces have struck multiple Iranian tankers tied to the IRGC in response to more attempted missile attacks on a US Navy warship," a US official told Al-Monitor.
The US Military Just Threatened to ‘Destroy Iran’s Limited and Exposed Oil Fleet’ if Tehran Keeps Trying to Attack the US Navy
Iran-backed Houthis launched their biggest attack on Saudi Arabia of the war, striking an airbase and Aramco sites as oil prices surged. Tehran is sketching a maritime exclusion zone in answer to the American blockade, while CENTCOM defends its strike on three Iranian crude tankers. Analysts tell CNN the strategy is calibrated escalation, with red-line testing raising the risk of a slide back to full-scale war.
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US forces take out 3 Iranian oil tankers in retaliation
The United States military destroyed three Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps crude oil tankers in the Persian Gulf Saturday – after Iran launched ballistic missiles at two US Navy vessels. Footage shows large tankers blown up in flames, as a thick plume of black smoke rise off the sea. A US military aircraft crew can be...
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Source link (U.S. Central Command) Secretary of Energy Chris Wright outlined America’s long-term goal for securing global trade passing through the Strait of Hormuz even as its conflict with Iran threatens such traffic. Wright touted the sustained traffic transiting the Strait of Hormuz before telling Dana Bash during a “State of the Union” interview Sunday that
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