Dubai. US and Iranian forces exchanged fire in waters around Iran on Saturday, with US forces striking three Iranian oil carriers and Iran saying it had targeted three tankers travelling through unauthorised routes in the Strait of Hormuz.
US Central Command said it struck the three Iranian vessels, including one off the coast of Kharg Island, Iran’s main oil export hub, after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched ballistic missiles at two US Navy ships.
“Let the message to the IRGC be clear: If you shoot at two of our ships, we will impose an even higher economic cost — taking out three of yours,” said Admiral Brad Cooper, head of US Central Command, which oversees US military operations in the Middle East.
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