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US Forces Reportedly Strike near Iran’s Kharg Island as Iran Threatens Tanker Attacks

From Dong-A Ilbo · () Korean

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

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  • U.S. Central Command reportedly carried out a strike near Iran’s Kharg Island as part of an operation intended to increase economic pressure on Iran.
  • A U.S. official said Iranian crude-oil tankers targeted for sinking or disabling were among the targets.
  • Iranian media reported explosions and a missile strike on a small Iranian tanker, with no casualties reported in the supplied account.

The U.S. military reportedly struck near Iran’s Kharg Island on the eighth, as Iran threatened retaliatory attacks against ports in Bahrain and Kuwait that host U.S. military facilities.

A U.S. government official told Fox News that the strike formed part of a broader operation to apply economic pressure to Iran. The official said Iranian crude-oil tankers that the U.S. military sought to sink or disable were among the targets.

Today’s strike is part of a larger operation to apply economic pressure on Iran

· U.S. government officialThe official described the reported strike near Kharg Island to Fox News.

The official said Iran’s economy depends heavily on oil exports, describing attacks on Iranian tankers as part of the pressure campaign. Tanker tracking group TankerTrackers told Fox News that more than 20 Iranian tankers were near Kharg Island on the morning of the eighth.

Iranian semi-official Mehr news agency reported explosions in the area. Tasnim news agency reported that a small Iranian tanker came under a U.S. missile attack in the anchorage near Kharg Island. Local sources told the agency that no one was injured and that the tanker’s crew had left the vessel.

Iran’s economy depends heavily on oil exports

· U.S. government officialThe official explained why Iranian oil tankers were included among the reported targets.
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Originally published by Dong-A Ilbo in Korean. 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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