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US military hits 3 Iranian oil tankers after saying Navy warships were targeted with missiles

  • The U.S. military struck and disabled three Iranian crude oil carriers after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched missile attacks on U.S. Navy warships, with no U.S. personnel harmed.
  • The disabled vessels included tankers near Kharg Island and Jask, and an unladen tanker destroyed in the Gulf of Oman after its crew abandoned ship.
  • These tankers were part of a shadow network funding the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and regional proxies, according to U.S. Central Command.
  • U.S. Central Command warned it would not hesitate to destroy Iran's limited oil fleet if the conflict continued.
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According to the U.S. military, three Iranian oil tankers have been shut down in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. According to the relevant US regional commando Centcom, it responded to an attack by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards with ballistic missiles on two US warships patrolling the waters.

·Vienna, Austria
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The U.S. military said this Saturday that it attacked and destroyed three Iranian oil tankers after the Revolutionary Guards opened fire on their warships.

·Warsaw, Poland
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Telemundo Area de la Bahía 48 broke the news on Saturday, September 5, 2026.
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