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Iran Responds to U.S. Strikes With Attacks on Carrier and Vessels in Strait of Hormuz

From ABC Color · () Spanish

Translated from Spanish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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  • Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they attacked three oil tankers in unauthorized routes through the Strait of Hormuz and three U.S.-linked vessels elsewhere.
  • Iranian state media said Iran also launched ballistic missiles at a U.S. aircraft carrier and destroyer in response to American attacks on three Iranian tankers.
  • The United States said its carrier and destroyer evaded multiple Iranian attacks without injuries, as the conflict continued to disrupt shipping through the strait.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they attacked three oil tankers traveling on what they called unauthorized routes through the Strait of Hormuz, along with three vessels linked to the United States in other areas. Iranian news agency Fars reported the claim on Saturday.

Fars also said Iran’s Aerospace Force launched ballistic missiles at a U.S. aircraft carrier and a destroyer. Iran described the strikes as a response to American attacks that morning on three Iranian oil tankers.

abstain from making any suspicious movement intended to transit unauthorized maritime routes. Otherwise, they will be attacked.

· Iranian navyThe warning addressed ships in the Persian Gulf and near the Strait of Hormuz.

Iranian state broadcaster IRIB warned all ships in the Persian Gulf and near the Strait of Hormuz to avoid any suspicious movement intended to use unauthorized maritime routes. “Otherwise, they will be attacked,” the Islamic Republic’s navy warned.

The United States said the Iranian attacks came after the Revolutionary Guards fired ballistic missiles at two American warships patrolling the region. U.S. Central Command said an aircraft carrier and a guided-missile destroyer “successfully evaded multiple Iranian attacks” and that no U.S. personnel were injured.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry later condemned what it called attacks on Iranian merchant vessels in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. It described the attacks as a violation of the United Nations Charter and a “war crime.”

successfully evaded multiple Iranian attacks

· U.S. Central CommandCentcom described how the American aircraft carrier and destroyer responded to the Iranian strikes.

The exchange followed the heaviest U.S. bombardment of Iran in more than a month, according to Iranian authorities, who said the strikes killed at least 19 people, including four at a wedding. Iran then bombed Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, saying it targeted U.S. military bases.

Iran closed the Strait of Hormuz after the war began on February 28 and has used the waterway as its main pressure measure. The closure has nearly halted oil exports, while Iran demands that ships obtain permission to pass. The United States has imposed a cordon around Iranian ports and vessels, and experts cited in the report said part of maritime traffic had recently resumed along a southern route near Oman.

war crime

· Iranian Foreign MinistryIran used the phrase while condemning attacks on Iranian merchant vessels.
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Originally published by ABC Color in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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