Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said early on Wednesday (September 9, 2026) that ships in Kuwaiti and Bahraini ports which host Americans will be targeted in response to U.S. attacks on Iranian oil tankers.
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The tanker was hit by a projectile fired by U.S. forces near the Kharg Island anchorage, Tasnim said, adding that there were no casualties and that the crew was being evacuated.- Reuters “The sound of several explosions was heard in parts of Kharg Island a few minutes ago,” Mehr news agency said, without elaborating.- AFP Iran’s navy captured one of the U.S. military’s underwater drones at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz on Tuesday (September 8, 2026), Iranian state television reported, saying the unmanned vessel had been “seized as a prize”. Central Command spokesman Captain Tim Hawkins said that an Anduril Dive-LD drone malfunctioned “more than a day ago” while surveying waters in the region and that the U.S. military no longer had possession of it. Hawkins said the drone was a defective, older model that “neither collected sensitive data nor carried any classified sonar or radar equipment”. “It was in a commercially available configuration so we aren’t concerned,” Mr. Hawkins said- AP
