Iran says it hit American vessels, oil tankers in Hormuz in retaliation for U.S. strikes
The U.S. and Iran traded new attacks around the Strait of Hormuz, as President Donald Trump insists oil prices will drop fast once the Iran war ends.
TL;DR
- Iran's Revolutionary Guards announced they struck two American vessels and eight oil tankers in the Gulf.
- This action was a retaliation for the U.S. destroying five Iranian oil tankers.
- The U.S. military stated they destroyed five Iranian tankers in response to Iranian ballistic missile attacks on a U.S. warship.
- The U.S. forces directed crews to abandon ship before striking and rendering the vessels inoperable.
- The U.S. military also stated an unmanned submersible seized by Iran was 'defective' and carried no sensitive data.