{"id":279300,"date":"2026-09-05T16:19:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T16:19:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/279300\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T16:19:31","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T16:19:31","slug":"us-forces-strike-3-iranian-oil-tankers-near-kharg-island-after-unprovoked-attacks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/279300\/","title":{"rendered":"US forces strike 3 Iranian oil tankers near Kharg Island after &#8216;unprovoked&#8217; attacks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The United States military destroyed three <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/17\/world-news\/us-blockade-has-caused-irans-oil-exports-to-crater-and-could-finally-destablile-regime-expert\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps crude oil <\/a>tankers in the Persian Gulf Saturday \u2013 as fighting intensifies between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>US military crew can be heard over radio warning an Iranian oil tanker near Kharg Island, before unleashing a barrage of missiles that lit <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/04\/world-news\/iran-down-to-2-months-of-fuel-supply-as-brutal-us-sanctions-take-their-toll\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the vessel in flames<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have three minutes to clear the crew,\u201d the US is heard warning in a video obtained by Iran International.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.89279113;display:block\" decoding=\"async\"   data-modal-image=\"40681401\" width=\"1024\" height=\"541\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-us-military-said-saturday-139729459.jpg\" alt=\"US military forces striking Iranian crude oil tanker M\/T Stark 1.\" class=\"wp-image-40681401\"\/>US forces destroyed three Iranian oil tankers in the Persian Gulf after the IRGC launched ballistic missiles at two US Navy warships. US Central Command (CENTCOM)\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGet into your lifeboats and abandon the ship immediately.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Four missiles <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/31\/business\/oil-prices-jump-3-to-over-90-after-us-iran-fire-strikes-for-first-time-in-a-month\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">struck an oil tanker <\/a>anchored near the island where the Iranian regime exports most of its oil, according to state TV, with two other ships hit in the Gulf of Oman.<\/p>\n<p>US Central Command <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/30\/world-news\/us-launches-first-strikes-on-iran-in-weeks-as-regime-vows-revenge\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said the strikes <\/a>were in retaliation for the IRGC launching ballistic missiles at two US Navy warships patrolling regional waters.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\tStart your day with all you need to know\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p class=\"inline-module__cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMorning Report delivers the latest news, videos, photos and more.\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tThanks for signing up!\n\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe three<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/09\/01\/world-news\/two-supertankers-struck-in-the-strait-of-hormuz-as-iran-president-extends-olive-branch\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Iranian crude oil tankers<\/a> are part of a multibillion-dollar shadow network that funds the IRGC and its regional proxies,\u201d said CENTCOM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLet the message to the IRGC be clear: If you shoot at two of our ships, we will impose an even higher economic cost \u2014taking out three of yours,\u201d added Adm. Brad Cooper, the CENTCOM commander.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United States military destroyed three Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps crude oil tankers in the Persian Gulf Saturday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279301,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[26],"tags":[3067,34,712,1488,213,39,81,933],"class_list":["post-279300","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-persian-gulf","tag-attacks","tag-iran","tag-missiles","tag-navy","tag-oil","tag-persian-gulf","tag-politics","tag-us-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117219345512351652","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279300","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=279300"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279300\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279301"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279300"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279300"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279300"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}