US strikes Iranian oil tankers as Tehran targets American base in Jordan
- U.S. Central Command forces disabled five Iranian oil tankers—sinking at least one vessel, the M/T Riesco, in the Gulf of Oman—in retaliation for two failed IRGC ballistic missile attacks targeting a U.S. Navy warship.
- Following standard protocol, U.S. forces directed crew members to abandon the shadow-fleet tankers before striking the ships, framing the economic strikes as an effort to cripple IRGC proxy funding.
- In response to the tanker destruction, Iran’s Revolutionary Guard launched a major barrage of 20 ballistic missiles—some reportedly carrying cluster munitions—aimed at Muwaffaq Salti Air Base in Jordan, which hosts American air operations.
- The Jordanian Armed Forces reported that their air defense networks successfully intercepted 18 of the incoming missiles, while two struck unpopulated areas with no casualties recorded.
- The IRGC issued subsequent threats warning oil tanker crews near ports in Kuwait and Bahrain to evacuate immediately, cautioning that vessels docked or anchored at host-nation facilities would face direct targeting.
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Five Iranian oil tankers were destroyed by US forces in the Gulf of Oman. Iran attacked with ballistic missiles and then responded with more strikes.
For its part, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard warned that oil tankers in Kuwait and Bahrain will be "white with attacks."
The escalation of the last few hours pushed oil prices above $100 a barrel this Wednesday. The North Sea Brent, the world market benchmark, briefly reached $100.19.
The US has again attacked Iranian oil tankers.
Correspondent Kim Sang-hoon = Iran strongly condemned the US military's attack on its oil tanker and said on the 9th (local time) that it hit a US military base and US warship in Jordan as a retaliatory measure, Iran's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement, “The US terrorist forces
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