Iran said on Wednesday it attacked 10 ships near the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. sank five Iranian oil tankers. The fighting marked the biggest declared wave of tit-for-tat attacks on shipping since the six-month-old war began. The attacks pushed Brent crude above $100 a barrel for the first time since July and left one seafarer dead and another missing. Iran also said it fired ballistic missiles at a U.S.-used base in Jordan.
This screen grab made on Wednesday from a handout video released by U.S. Central Command on Tuesday shows what the U.S. military says is a strike on an Iranian tanker in the Gulf of Oman. Iran launched fresh attacks against U.S. targets in the Middle East on Tuesday in retaliation for American strikes on Iranian oil tankers, dragging the foes deeper into war. The United States and Iran are locked in a stalemate six months into the war, with Iran maintaining a stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz and Washington pushing a campaign to choke Iran's ports and economy. US CENTRAL COMMAND PUBLIC AFFAIRS / AFP-Yonhap
CAIRO/WASHINGTON/DUBAI — Iran said on Wednesday it had attacked 10 ships near the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. sank five Iranian oil tankers, in the biggest declared wave of tit-for-tat attacks on shipping by both sides since the start of the six-month-old war.
