A video circulating on Telegram overnight Thursday claims to show the United States sinking five Iranian oil tankers, in retaliation for a failed attack on a US Navy destroyer. The report has not been independently verified and comes amid an ongoing US-Iranian military confrontation.
A video circulating on Telegram late Wednesday night purports to show the United States military sinking five Iranian oil tankers in retaliation for a failed attack on a US Navy destroyer. The footage, attributed to security-oriented channels, has not been independently verified by The Zioneer. It adds a visual dimension to the reported destruction of Iranian oil carriers, which The Zioneer first reported on Wednesday at 11:18 Jerusalem.
Earlier Wednesday, The Zioneer reported that U.S. Central Command forces destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers on Sept. 8 after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps twice targeted a U.S. Navy warship with ballistic missiles. Hours later, a senior American official told i24NEWS that Washington had destroyed a total of 10 Iranian tankers over the past week. Additional reports indicated five more tankers were destroyed in the Gulf of Oman, with explosions heard near the Strait of Hormuz. The information has evolved from a single-sourced CENTCOM confirmation to multiple reports and now a video offering purported visual evidence.
This escalation comes amid a sustained direct military confrontation between Washington and Tehran. As The Zioneer reported Wednesday at 00:28 Jerusalem, Iran launched 20 ballistic missiles at US bases in Jordan overnight, retaliating for the earlier destruction of oil tankers. Background reports also indicate a pattern of strikes and counterstrikes over recent weeks, including US strikes on Iranian naval and missile sites in late July.
The new video has not been independently verified, and U.S. Central Command has not commented on the footage. It remains unclear whether the video shows the same tanker destruction reported earlier in the day or a separate operation.
4 developments
- DevelopingUS strikes Iranian targets in retaliation for tanker attack, report says
- DevelopingThe source: US seizes oil tanker, Iran fires missiles at US warships
- DevelopingCENTCOM releases footage documenting sinking of Iranian oil tanker in Sea of Oman
- StrongUS forces reportedly strike Iranian oil tanker 'DERYA'
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