Iran Responds with Attacks on Ships
Translated from Swedish and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.
At a glance
- Iran’s Revolutionary Guard reportedly attacked six vessels after the United States said it had disabled three Iranian oil ships.
- The reported attacks involved three tankers in the Strait of Hormuz and three other vessels elsewhere, and none was reported to be American.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard reportedly responded to a U.S. attack on three Iranian oil tankers by targeting six vessels.
Three of the ships were in the Strait of Hormuz, while three others were “in other waters,” Swedish news agency TT reported. None of the vessels under attack was said to be American.
in other waters
Earlier on Saturday, U.S. Central Command, or Centcom, said on X that it had “permanently disabled” three Iranian oil ships. The report appeared in Svenska Dagbladet’s live news coverage.
permanently disabled
Originally published by Svenska Dagbladet in Swedish. 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.