Following the U.S. strikes, the IRGC said their naval forces “targeted three oil tankers on the unauthorized route of the Strait of Hormuz and three vessels affiliated with the child-killing America in other areas.”
The Trump administration has tried to downplay the significance of the six-month conflict, which has proven increasingly unpopular at home as midterm elections near. U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance went so far as to say that he “wouldn’t call it a war. U.S. U.S.
President Donald Trump backed his comments on Friday, calling the Iran war “small potatoes” for Washington. The United States said it destroyed three Iranian oil tankers in response to attempted missile attacks on naval vessels, with Iran’s Revolutionary Guards saying they targeted U.S.-linked ships in response. Central Command (CENTCOM) said early Saturday it targeted tankers linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), accusing the most powerful arm of the Iranian military of unsuccessfully firing at American warships. “Following Iran’s failed attacks, CENTCOM permanently disabled the IRGC crude oil carriers M/T Downy off the coast of Kharg Island and M/T Stark 1 near Jask,” it said.
The Iranian foreign ministry earlier hit out at Washington over the strikes on the oil tankers, calling them “illegal and aggressive actions.
