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The US and Iran traded retaliatory attacks on ships on Saturday, in the latest round of strikes since fighting flared up a week ago following a month of relative calm.<\/b><\/p>\n
The US military said it had “permanently disabled” two Iran-linked oil tankers, including one near Kharg Island, and “completely destroyed” a third in the Gulf of Oman.<\/p>\n
Iran’s state media confirmed the strikes and said Tehran had attacked three US-affiliated vessels in response, as well as three oil tankers travelling through the Strait of Hormuz along an “unauthorised” route.<\/p>\n
The BBC has approached US Central Command (Centcom) for comment about Iran’s latest claims to have targeted US ships.<\/p>\n
The strikes come a day after President Donald Trump dismissed the conflict as “small potatoes”, with little apparent progress towards ending the six-month war. He has not commented on Saturday’s attacks.<\/p>\n
The news of Iran’s latest retaliation came hours after Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote on social media: “It’s simple: if Iran shoots at US ships, we will destroy (and sink) their oil tankers.” <\/p>\n
According to US Central Command (Centcom), two US warships had been targeted by Iran before the American attack on three Iran-linked oil tankers.<\/p>\n
Centcom said it “successfully evaded” the multiple attacks from the IRGC earlier in the day, which were targeting a US aircraft carrier and guided-missile destroyer. No American troops were harmed, it said.<\/p>\n
Centcom, which oversees US military operations in the Middle East, claimed that the three Iranian oil tankers it hit were “part of a multi-billion-dollar shadow network that funds the IRGC and its regional proxies”.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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