US launches retaliatory strikes on 3 Iranian oil carriers in response to attacks against Navy warships

Politics The Hill By Sarah Davis 05 Sep 2026 14:29 1 min read
US launches retaliatory strikes on 3 Iranian oil carriers in response to attacks against Navy warships

U.S. Central Command (Centcom) on Saturday conducted strikes on several Iranian crude oil carriers in response to “multiple unprovoked” Iranian attacks on two U.S. Navy warships, according to the military command.  The U.S. military “permanently disabled” three of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’s (IRGC) crude oil carriers located near Kharg Island and in the Gulf...

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