US military says it has destroyed 5 Iranian oil tankers after missile attacks on Navy warship - The Korea Times

Iran and the United States traded fresh strikes around the Strait of Hormuz after U.S. forces said they destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers following attacks on a U.S. warship. The tankers were hit in the Gulf of Oman and near Kharg Island, and crews were told to abandon ship. The clashes came after earlier U.S. strikes on three Iranian tankers and were paired with new U.S. sanctions on Iran’s aviation industry. The fighting also pushed Brent crude briefly to $99.46 a barrel.

This handout photograph released on the official Sepah News website of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) on Sept. 8 reportedly shows an unmanned US submarine drone captured by the Guards in the Strait of Hormuz. AFP-Yonhap

WASHINGTON — Iran has launched missiles toward U.S. targets in Jordan, Iranian state-run media said, following the latest American strikes.

It’s the latest tit-for-tat retaliation after the U.S. military said it destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers following two attacks on a U.S. warship by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard over the past two days.

U.S. Central Command, when asked about the strikes on the Jordanian airbase, said it had no information to offer.