{"id":89573,"date":"2026-09-07T16:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T16:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/89573\/"},"modified":"2026-09-07T16:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T16:17:20","slug":"us-sinks-iranian-ship-as-battle-for-the-strait-of-hormuz-heats-up-iran-war-news-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/89573\/","title":{"rendered":"US sinks Iranian ship as battle for the Strait of Hormuz heats up | Iran war news today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title = \"US sinks Iranian ship as battle for the Strait of Hormuz heats up | Iran war news today\"   width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NVAoMmmUIGg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>\nUS sinks Iranian ship as battle for the Strait of Hormuz heats up | Iran war news today<br \/>\n<br \/>\nThe US Navy struck three Iranian vessels, sinking one and disabling two, after fresh attacks by Tehran on American warships near the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>On today\u2019s episode of Iran: the Latest, Roland Oliphant and Venetia Rainey discuss news of the escalating battle for the Strait of Hormuz, which has become the epicentre of the US-Iran war. Donald Trump\u2019s administration insists millions of barrels of oil are getting out and it\u2019s not a war but merely \u201csmall potatoes\u201d, but missile strikes continue and Oman and Iran are negotiating a separate deal. What\u2019s going on?<\/p>\n<p>Plus, the US admits a nuclear deal with Iran may never happen, and violence flares in Lebanon amid an explosion of Israeli air strikes and in Yemen as the Houthis push towards the Bab al-Mandeb strait. <\/p>\n<p>Highlights<br \/>\nUS sinks Iranian ship as battle for the Strait of Hormuz heats up<br \/>\nViolence flares up in Lebanon and Yemen<\/p>\n<p>00:00 &#8211; Introduction &#038; Overview of the US-Iran War<br \/>\n00:36 &#8211; Strikes &#038; Escalation in the Strait of Hormuz<br \/>\n04:16 &#8211; Shipping Data &#038; Commodity Traffic Trends<br \/>\n05:05 &#8211; Competing Narratives on Shipping Safety<br \/>\n08:01 &#8211; Evacuation of Saudi Tanker Crew<br \/>\n08:43 &#8211; Iran&#8217;s Proposed Exclusion Zone &#038; Oman Talks<br \/>\n11:03 &#8211; Diplomatic Reactions from Gulf Officials<br \/>\n12:32 &#8211; Leon Panetta\u2019s Warning of a &#8220;Forever War&#8221;<br \/>\n14:31 &#8211; Trump Dismisses Conflict as &#8220;Small Potatoes&#8221;<br \/>\n16:22 &#8211; Chris Wright on Nuclear Agreement Goals<br \/>\n19:34 &#8211; Escalation of Strikes in Southern Lebanon<br \/>\n20:36 &#8211; Israeli Capture of the Ali al-Taher Ridge<br \/>\n25:13 &#8211; Potential Israeli Withdrawal &#038; &#8220;Gray Line&#8221; Buffer Zone<br \/>\n26:10 &#8211; Houthi Offensive &#038; Escalation in Yemen<\/p>\n<p>#USIranWar #StraitOfHormuz #MiddleEastNews #Geopolitics #Iran #USMilitary #Centcom #DonaldTrump #Lebanon #Hezbollah #Yemen #Houthis #RedSea #InternationalNews #ForeignPolicy #GlobalEconomy<\/p>\n<p>CONTRIBUTORS:<br \/>\nVenetia Rainey, co-host and executive producer @venetiarainey<br \/>\nRoland Oliphant, co-host and chief foreign affairs analyst @RolandOliphant<\/p>\n<p>WATCH US ON YOUTUBE: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLJnf_DDTfIVAif-vifC6F2aoPB8GIw6dk<\/p>\n<p>CONTENT REFERENCED:<br \/>\nUS destroys Iranian oil tankers after IRGC fires at warships<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/us\/news\/2026\/09\/05\/us-destroys-iranian-oil-tankers-after-irgc-fires-at-warship\/<\/p>\n<p>Sheba Intelligence: Government Counteroffensive Disrupts Houthi Bid to Cut Taiz Off from Yemen\u2019s Western Coast<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/shebaintelligence.uk\/government-counteroffensive-disrupts-houthi-bid-to-cut-taiz-off-from-yemens-western-coast<\/p>\n<p>Winner Best News and Analysis Podcast &#8211; Publisher Podcast Awards 2026<br \/>\nNominated Podcast of the Year &#8211; Society of Editors News Podcasts Awards 2026<br \/>\nNominated Best News, Politics and Current Affairs &#8211; British Podcast Awards 2026<br \/>\nThe Telegraph, Winner Podcast Publisher of the Year 2026 &#8211; Publisher Podcast Awards 2026<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba Sign up to the Telegraph&#8217;s free new daily newsletter, From the Editor, bringing you the latest news, features and analysis from the Telegraph newsroom: www.telegraph.co.uk\/customer\/secure\/newsletter\/from-the-editor\/?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_youtube_telegraphmain<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba Get the latest headlines: www.telegraph.co.uk?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_youtube_telegraphmain<\/p>\n<p>\u25ba Stay ahead with a Telegraph digital subscription:<br \/>\nhttps:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/customer\/subscription\/store?WT.mc_id=tmgoff_youtube_telegraphmain<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/ and https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/telegraph are websites of The Telegraph, the UK&#8217;s best-selling quality daily newspaper providing news and analysis on UK and world events, business, sport, lifestyle and culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"US sinks Iranian ship as battle for the Strait of Hormuz heats up | Iran war news today&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":89574,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[10],"tags":[70852,3439,70850,7039,64505,3026,345,3408,14111,15470,347,287,70851,709,70847,27,7420,64877,337,251,1331,5479,12436,70849,70848],"class_list":["post-89573","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-the-telegraph","tag-ali-al-taher-ridge","tag-bab-al-mandeb","tag-chris-wright-abc","tag-donald-trump-iran","tag-houthis-red-sea","tag-houthis-yemen","tag-iran-news","tag-iran-news-today","tag-iran-nuclear-deal","tag-iran-the-latest","tag-iran-war-latest","tag-israel-lebanon-war","tag-leon-panetta-iran","tag-middle-east-conflict","tag-ran-war","tag-strait-of-hormuz","tag-strait-of-hormuz-conflict","tag-telegraph-iran-podcast","tag-the-telegraph","tag-trump-iran","tag-trump-war","tag-us-iran-conflict","tag-us-navy","tag-us-navy-attack","tag-us-sinks-iranian-ship"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@videos\/117230673837421629","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89573","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89573"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89573\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89574"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89573"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89573"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89573"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}