Iranian media report US strike on Iranian oil tanker near Kharg Island
Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz have escalated as Iran and the US report reciprocal attacks on oil tankers and naval vessels. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards have threatened further retaliation against US military assets following a blockade of Iranian oil exports.
Why it matters
This represents a significant military escalation in a critical global shipping lane, threatening international energy security and regional stability.
Iran's Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) said that they had carried out attacks against three oil tankers and three US-linked vessels in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday evening, following US strikes on Iranian tankers earlier in the day, as the cycle of violence in the key waterway keeps intensifying.The IRGC said in a statement to the Iranian media that their naval forces "targeted three oil tankers on the unauthorised route of the Strait of Hormuz and three vessels affiliated with the child-killing America in other areas".
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