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Iran's IRGC Navy says seven vessels hit, warns US of wider response
Iranian state television said four tankers caught fire and three others hit mines, as the Guard warned U.S. escorts could widen the conflict.
- On Thursday, seven oil tankers caught fire after being targeted or striking naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz, potentially marking the highest single-day damage since the war began in Feb.
- The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy reported that four vessels involved in illegal oil transfers in the Persian Gulf caught fire on Wednesday after being tracked by its forces.
- Three additional vessels collided with mines west of the Strait of Hormuz and were immobilized, bringing the total damaged tankers to seven as reported by the IRGC.
- Warning that any attempts to allow tanker transit through "illegal passages" in the Strait may expand the Revolutionary Guard's reaction, the group threatened to include regional bases in the Gulf.
- Since the war began in Feb, the Revolutionary Guard has routinely targeted regional bases in the Gulf, signaling the current escalation could deepen tensions in the waterway.
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War fears grow as tankers hit in Strait of Hormuz
TEL AVIV (AP): Seven oil tankers caught fire or were damaged in the Strait of Hormuz overnight after being hit by Iran or striking naval mines, Tehran said Thursday, a markedly high number as tensions rise over concerns about a return to all-out war. With days before a close election in Israel in which Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could lose power, and before next month’s US mid-term election in which war-linked high prices have sparked vot…
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Citing the guard of the Islamic Republic, state television in Iran reported that seven tankers burned down or suffered damage between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, after being attacked or collided with naval mines in the Strait of Ormuz.
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C 49%
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