Iran attacks US warships – US destroys three oil tankers

After attacks by the regime

US destroys three Iranian oil tankers

The situation in the Persian Gulf escalates after missile attacks on US warships. The US military says it has put three Iranian oil tankers out of action.

The US military says it has disabled three Iranian oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. As the responsible US regional command Centcom also announced, it was responding to an attack by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards with ballistic missiles on two US warships that were patrolling the waters.

A US aircraft carrier and a guided-missile destroyer successfully evaded several unprovoked Iranian attacks, it said. There were therefore no injuries among the US crew members.

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According to the US military, the three Iranian crude oil tankers belong to a billion-dollar shadow network that finances the Revolutionary Guards and their regional proxies. The Iran had no means to defend them, they said.

The message to the Revolutionary Guard, according to Centcom commander Admiral Brad Cooper, is clear: “If you shoot two of our ships, we will impose an even greater economic cost on you – by taking out three of your ships.” US forces are prepared to destroy Iran’s limited and unprotected oil fleet.

Iranian media had previously reported explosions near the strategically important island of Kharg in the Persian Gulf. According to information from the Tasnim news agency, four US missiles are said to have hit an Iranian oil tanker around eleven kilometers off the coast of the island. Accordingly, there were no casualties and the crew evacuated the ship.

Kharg is the most important transshipment point for Iranian crude oil exports. According to reports, more than 90 percent of Iran’s exports go there.