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Iran says it attacked three US vessels and three tankers in the Strait of Hormuz

From N1 Serbia · () Serbian

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

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  • Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard said it attacked three US-owned vessels and three oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.
  • The Guard said the vessels were traveling on unauthorized routes and described the attacks as a response to US attacks on three Iranian tankers earlier the same day.

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard said it attacked three US-owned vessels and three oil tankers traveling on unauthorized routes in the Strait of Hormuz.

The Guard’s navy made the claim in a statement carried by Iranian public broadcasting and reported by Tass. It said the attacks were carried out in response to US attacks on three Iranian tankers earlier that day.

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Originally published by N1 Serbia in Serbian. 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.