{"id":279021,"date":"2026-09-05T11:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T11:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/279021\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T11:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T11:21:09","slug":"iranian-tanker-reportedly-hit-by-u-s-attack-near-irans-kharg-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/279021\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian tanker reportedly hit by U.S. attack near Iran’s Kharg Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

Satellite view of Kharg Island, located in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Iran.<\/p>\n

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An Iranian<\/a> tanker was hit by U.S. forces\u00a0on Saturday near\u00a0Iran’s key oil export hub,\u00a0Kharg Island,<\/a>\u00a0in the Gulf,\u00a0the semi-official Iranian news agency Tasnim reported.<\/p>\n

According to a Tasnim correspondent from Kharg, the tanker was hit by four U.S. missiles in the area of Kharg Island’s anchorage.<\/p>\n

Tasnim quoted local sources as saying there were no casualties and the tanker’s crew was being evacuated.<\/p>\n

There was no immediate official announcement by Iranian\u00a0authorities and U.S. Central Command<\/a> did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<\/p>\n

U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a> \u200bsaid on August 31 in a one-line social media post accompanied by an AI-generated video that Kharg Island was being “blown to smithereens”. Iranian authorities have vowed a strong response if Kharg is attacked.<\/p>\n

Iran is the third-largest producer in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting \u200cCountries and exported 90% of its crude via\u00a0Kharg Island\u00a0before the war, but flows have been disrupted since a U.S. blockade of Iranian oil exports began in mid-April.<\/p>\n

Trump said on June 11 that he wanted to take over Kharg Island<\/a>, but then said a threatened U.S. \u200bmilitary operation there was\u00a0off the table\u00a0for now, days before Tehran and Washington signed an interim agreement aimed at\u00a0ending the war\u00a0on June 17.<\/p>\n

A U.S. attack on Kharg would \u200bheap further pressure on Iran’s oil industry and its wider economy, which is already reeling from the U.S. naval blockade.<\/p>\n

The U.S. imposed its blockade on Iranian ports after Iran effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz, a key waterway that carried one-fifth of the world’s oil supply before the war.<\/p>\n

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