{"id":104613,"date":"2026-05-08T22:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/104613\/"},"modified":"2026-05-08T22:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-08T22:18:15","slug":"us-military-strikes-and-disables-2-iranian-oil-tankers-attempting-to-breach-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/104613\/","title":{"rendered":"US military strikes and disables 2 Iranian oil tankers attempting to breach blockade"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\t\t\t\tAn F\/A-18E Super Hornet prepares to land on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush on April 28, 2026. (U.S. Navy)
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WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. forces struck and disabled two Iranian oil tankers on Friday as the vessels attempted to breach the blockade of Iran\u2019s ports, U.S. Central Command said<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The M\/T Sea Star III and M\/T Sevda were transiting the Gulf of Oman, CENTCOM said in a post on X. <\/p>\n

A U.S. Navy F\/A-18 Super Hornet from the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush disabled both tankers after firing precision munitions into their smokestacks, preventing the non-compliant ships from entering Iran, according to the statement. <\/p>\n

U.S. forces have forces have redirected 57 commercial vessels and disabled four overall to prevent the ships from entering or leaving Iranian ports, CENTCOM said Friday<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The U.S. military also responded to \u201cunprovoked Iranian attacks\u201d with self-defense strikes<\/a> as Navy guided-missile destroyers transitioned the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday. The exchange of fire came after reports from Iranian state media that the U.S. attacked an Iranian oil tanker.<\/p>\n

For weeks, the U.S. and Iran have issued conflicting statements about the prospects for a final agreement to end the war that began Feb. 28. Even under a temporary ceasefire, President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to renew strikes if Iran does not agree to his terms, including surrendering its nuclear material. <\/p>\n

The U.S. has in the meantime worked to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, where shipping has slowed dramatically, driving up global fuel costs and rattling world leaders. <\/p>\n

The Navy is blockading Iranian ports and the Strait of Hormuz, while Iran is threatening to attack any vessel that attempts to navigate the strait without its permission. <\/p>\n

Trump announced on Tuesday night that the U.S. mission to provide protection to commercial ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz had been paused just a day after it began. <\/p>\n

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday morning that the mission, dubbed Project Freedom, was temporary<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An F\/A-18E Super Hornet prepares to land on the flight deck of Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George H.W.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":104614,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3],"tags":[141,444,34,36281,101,75,36279,36280,15608],"class_list":["post-104613","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-iran","tag-centcom","tag-gulf-of-oman","tag-iran","tag-m-t-sea-star-iii-and-m-t-sevda","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-us-central-command","tag-us-forces-disable-2-ships-iranian-port","tag-us-navy-iran-ships","tag-us-war-iran"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116541279872566384","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104613","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104613"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104613\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104613"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104613"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104613"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}