Iran Says Struck Two Tankers Under US 'Air Escort' Trying to Pass Hormuz
- On Friday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps struck 'non-compliant oil tankers... were struck and brought to a halt' after they attempted to pass the Strait of Hormuz via an 'undeclared route' under US aerial escort.
- Thursday's US strikes on Iran, in retaliation for targeting US bases in Jordan, pushed crude oil prices past $90 a barrel amid competing transit blockades enforced by both nations.
- Energy prices remain high as the Strait remains almost completely closed since fighting resumed two weeks ago, complicating Republicans' 'chances at the ballot box in November' midterm elections.
- The Israeli military detonated explosives near Beaufort Castle in Lebanon on Friday, while the Kuwaiti defence ministry shot down Iranian drones targeting 'vital and military facilities' without casualties.
- President Donald Trump gathered his cabinet to discuss the five-month conflict, telling Fox News on Friday that the war is going well despite stalled progress in opening the Strait of Hormuz.
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed on the 31st (local time) that it attacked two oil tankers attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz under U.S. air escort, halting their operation. The U.S. did not immediately issue a statement. According to Iranian state-run and semi-official media, the IRGC issued a statement on the same day stating, "Two oil tankers fell for the deception tactics of the U.S. Central Command, ignor…
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards, according to their own statements, attacked two oil tankers in the Strait of Hormus and brought them to a halt.
In a new escalation in the Strait of Hormuz, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard announced on Friday that it had targeted two tankers attempting to pass through the strategic strait with "air support" from the US military...
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