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US strikes three Iranian oil tankers, army says

From Delfi Latvia · () Latvian

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

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  • The US military said it struck three Iranian oil tankers and disabled two of them, while destroying a third that was empty.
  • It said the vessels belonged to a covert network that helped finance Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps.
  • Iran had earlier accused the United States of attacking an Iranian tanker near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf.

The United States struck three Iranian oil tankers, the US army said on Saturday, amid accusations from Iran that Washington had attacked one of its tankers near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf.

In a statement, the US military said an aircraft carrier and a destroyer had avoided “several unprovoked Iranian attacks” and that no US service members were injured. The statement said two Iranian oil tankers were put out of service, while a third, which was not carrying a cargo, was destroyed.

The US said the tankers formed part of a covert network that helped finance Iran’s powerful Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. Iran had earlier accused the United States of carrying out an attack on an Iranian tanker near Kharg Island.

Several unprovoked Iranian attacks.

· US militaryThe US military used the phrase while describing attacks it said were directed at its naval vessels.
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Originally published by Delfi Latvia in Latvian. 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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