The US military has destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers following attacks on a US warship by Iran’s Revolutionary Guard, US Central Command said in a social media post on Tuesday.
The US strikes were in response to two Iranian efforts to hit the warship with ballistic missiles over the past two days, the statement added.
Iranian state television also reported the strikes, saying US forces attacked at least three Iranian oil tankers near the southern port of Jask and near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf. It said the crews were evacuated.
The latest tit-for-tat strikes come as Washington and Tehran lurch back toward fighting during more than six months of war.
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US will not allow Iran’s attacks to go unanswered.
“Iran continues to try to hit US naval ships. And for every time they do that or try to do that, they’re going to lose tankers. And I think you’ll see that again today,” Rubio told reporters on Tuesday when asked about the latest .
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