{"id":279871,"date":"2026-09-06T06:07:16","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T06:07:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/279871\/"},"modified":"2026-09-06T06:07:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-06T06:07:16","slug":"irgc-targets-oil-tankers-in-hormuz-as-us-says-iranian-vessel-sinks-in-gulf-of-oman-amid-escalating-us-iran-tensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/279871\/","title":{"rendered":"IRGC Targets Oil Tankers in Hormuz as US Says Iranian Vessel Sinks in Gulf of Oman Amid Escalating US\u2011Iran Tensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thousands of US sailors aboard an aircraft carrier departed from Thailand on Sunday, AFP journalists said, concluding its first port call following reports of deteriorating living conditions on board after nine months at sea.<\/p>\n<p>The 5,000-strong crew of the USS Abraham Lincoln docked just north of the resort town of Pattaya, near Bangkok, on Wednesday for five days of rest and recreation after a lengthy Middle East deployment.<\/p>\n<p>Amid Thailand&#8217;s tourism low season, their arrival raised hopes for businesses in Pattaya, a city known for its beaches and nightlife.<\/p>\n<p>The Lincoln departed from the port of Laem Chabang, a half-hour drive from Pattaya, at around 11am (0400 GMT), AFP journalists saw.<\/p>\n<p>Security was stepped up in Pattaya during the visit, with authorities cracking down on sex workers ahead of the sailors&#8217; arrival &#8211; although the mayor denied it was linked.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Thousands of US sailors aboard an aircraft carrier departed from Thailand on Sunday, AFP journalists said, concluding its&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":279872,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[28],"tags":[3074,102,34,37,101,80],"class_list":["post-279871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-strait-of-hormuz","tag-americas","tag-hormuz","tag-iran","tag-israel","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-us-israel-iran-war"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/117222600959607384","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279871","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=279871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279871\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/279872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}