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Iran Warns of Response to US Military Attacks on Oil Tankers
(MENAFN) Iran's navy issued a stark warning Tuesday evening, threatening retaliatory strikes on oil tankers docked in Kuwaiti and Bahraini ports and urging their crews to abandon ship immediately, according to a state broadcaster. The alert came in direct response to reported US military strikes on Iranian oil tankers.
In a statement relayed by the broadcaster, the navy said the threat was a direct reaction to American attacks on several Iranian vessels, and it called on all crews aboard tankers anchored in Kuwait and Bahrain to evacuate without delay, cautioning that those ships would become targets. The statement further accused both Gulf nations of harboring US forces and colluding with Washington in the assault on Iranian shipping.
The warning followed an earlier report Tuesday from Iranian a news agency, which said a small Iranian oil tanker had been hit by a US missile roughly four nautical miles from Kharg Island in the Gulf. According to the news agency, the strike occurred near the island's anchorage zone; no casualties were reported, and the crew was safely evacuated.
The broadcaster separately reported that US forces struck a second Iranian oil tanker near the coastal town of Jask in southern Iran.
The escalation unfolds against a backdrop of deepening friction between Iran and the US over the Strait of Hormuz, despite a memorandum signed in June that had outlined a potential path toward reopening the strategic waterway as a first step in a broader peace agreement.
In a statement relayed by the broadcaster, the navy said the threat was a direct reaction to American attacks on several Iranian vessels, and it called on all crews aboard tankers anchored in Kuwait and Bahrain to evacuate without delay, cautioning that those ships would become targets. The statement further accused both Gulf nations of harboring US forces and colluding with Washington in the assault on Iranian shipping.
The warning followed an earlier report Tuesday from Iranian a news agency, which said a small Iranian oil tanker had been hit by a US missile roughly four nautical miles from Kharg Island in the Gulf. According to the news agency, the strike occurred near the island's anchorage zone; no casualties were reported, and the crew was safely evacuated.
The broadcaster separately reported that US forces struck a second Iranian oil tanker near the coastal town of Jask in southern Iran.
The escalation unfolds against a backdrop of deepening friction between Iran and the US over the Strait of Hormuz, despite a memorandum signed in June that had outlined a potential path toward reopening the strategic waterway as a first step in a broader peace agreement.
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