A senior American official told i24NEWS on Wednesday that the United States has attacked and destroyed 10 Iranian oil tankers over the past week. The total figure is double the five tankers U.S. Central Command said it destroyed on Sept. 8 after the IRGC targeted a U.S. Navy warship with ballistic missiles.
A senior American official told i24NEWS on Wednesday that U.S. forces have attacked and destroyed 10 Iranian oil tankers over the past week — a cumulative figure that nearly doubles the previously confirmed count. The official did not provide a timeline or specific locations for the individual strikes.
The revelation follows the U.S. Central Command's Sept. 8 confirmation that it had destroyed five Iranian crude carriers after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps twice fired ballistic missiles at a U.S. Navy warship. As The Zioneer reported at 11:18 Wednesday, CENTCOM said the warship evaded the attacks and no American personnel were harmed. The new total indicates additional operations beyond that reported strike.
The strikes are part of an ongoing U.S. campaign against Iranian oil infrastructure, which escalated in June after the IRGC began directly targeting American vessels and regional bases. Previous background reporting by The Zioneer tracked U.S. strikes on Iranian tankers near the Strait of Hormuz and Kharg Island, as well as IRGC retaliatory missile and drone attacks on U.S. facilities in Bahrain and Kuwait.
It remains unclear when and where the additional five tankers were destroyed, and whether further strikes are ongoing.
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