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Iran retaliates after US strikes oil tankers

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  • Iran said its forces attacked a US unmanned surface vessel attempting to enter the Strait of Hormuz after Iranian forces targeted three oil tankers.
  • The exchanges followed US strikes on tankers linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which Washington said helped fund the Guards and their regional proxies.
  • The latest clashes come during a six-month war, as Iran maintains control over the strait and the United States continues a counter-blockade and sanctions campaign.

Iran said Sunday that it attacked a US naval drone trying to enter the Strait of Hormuz, hours after its forces targeted ships in retaliation for American strikes on three oil tankers.

attacked an American military unmanned surface vessel

· Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsThe IRGC described its claimed attack on a US vessel attempting to enter the Strait of Hormuz.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said its naval forces had “attacked an American military unmanned surface vessel” attempting to enter the strategic waterway. It also said it had “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”. The Guards warned ships against using unapproved routes.

The claims followed US strikes announced Saturday by US Central Command, which oversees American military operations in the region. CENTCOM said it had permanently disabled two crude oil carriers linked to the Iranian Guards, the M/T Downy off Kharg Island and the M/T Stark 1 near Jask. It said American forces also destroyed the unladen M/T Kylo in the Gulf of Oman after ordering its crew to abandon ship. Video released by CENTCOM showed fireballs and flames after projectiles hit the vessels.

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

· Islamic Revolutionary Guard CorpsThe Guards described the earlier attacks on ships.

CENTCOM said the tankers formed part of a multibillion-dollar shadow network that funded the IRGC and its regional proxies. Iran’s Guards claimed two targeted American warships had been forced to retreat after suffering damage, but CENTCOM said the ships evaded the attacks. “If you shoot at two of our ships, we will impose an even higher economic cost, taking out three of yours,” CENTCOM commander Admiral Brad Cooper said.

If you shoot at two of our ships, we will impose an even higher economic cost, taking out three of yours.

· Admiral Brad CooperThe CENTCOM commander defended the US strikes on three tankers linked to Iran’s Guards.

Iran’s Foreign Ministry called the US strikes “illegal and aggressive actions”. Iranian state television reported that one tanker was empty and another was carrying oil, while crews reached shore in lifeboats. A report from Kharg Island said the attack caused no casualties. The clashes began with US raids the previous week, amid a deadlock in the six-month war. Iran has maintained its hold over the Strait of Hormuz while Washington pursues a counter-blockade of Iranian ports and sanctions against entities with financial links to Iran.

illegal and aggressive actions

· Iranian Foreign MinistryThe ministry condemned Washington’s strikes on the oil tankers.
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