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US Strikes Hit Iranian Oil Tankers Near Kharg Island, Jask
(MENAFN) Late Tuesday, US missile strikes struck Iranian oil tankers near Kharg Island and Jask Port in the Gulf, with crew members successfully evacuated from the vessels.
An Iranian news agency first reported that a small Iranian oil tanker had been hit roughly four nautical miles (7.4 kilometers) off Kharg Island, with no casualties reported in the immediate aftermath.
According to the news agency, the vessel was struck by a projectile fired by US forces in the island's anchorage zone.
Local sources confirmed no injuries resulted from the strike and said the tanker's crew was in the process of being evacuated.
An Iranian state broadcaster later reported a separate incident, saying two oil tankers had come under attack near the Jask coastline, with their crews moved to shore.
A correspondent reporting from Jask said a second tanker was struck near the port's waters shortly after an initial attack on another vessel nearby.
The broadcaster said crew members from both tankers were being ferried to the Jask coast by lifeboat.
The strikes followed earlier reports of explosions heard around Kharg Island and in the city of Jask, according to a news outlet.
Two blasts were reported near the island itself, though no smoke or fire was visible in the area afterward. A separate explosion was heard farther south, near Jask.
The escalation unfolds against a backdrop of rising US-Iran tensions over the Strait of Hormuz — tensions that persist despite a memorandum signed in June that had laid out a potential path to reopening the strategic waterway as a precursor to broader peace negotiations.
An Iranian news agency first reported that a small Iranian oil tanker had been hit roughly four nautical miles (7.4 kilometers) off Kharg Island, with no casualties reported in the immediate aftermath.
According to the news agency, the vessel was struck by a projectile fired by US forces in the island's anchorage zone.
Local sources confirmed no injuries resulted from the strike and said the tanker's crew was in the process of being evacuated.
An Iranian state broadcaster later reported a separate incident, saying two oil tankers had come under attack near the Jask coastline, with their crews moved to shore.
A correspondent reporting from Jask said a second tanker was struck near the port's waters shortly after an initial attack on another vessel nearby.
The broadcaster said crew members from both tankers were being ferried to the Jask coast by lifeboat.
The strikes followed earlier reports of explosions heard around Kharg Island and in the city of Jask, according to a news outlet.
Two blasts were reported near the island itself, though no smoke or fire was visible in the area afterward. A separate explosion was heard farther south, near Jask.
The escalation unfolds against a backdrop of rising US-Iran tensions over the Strait of Hormuz — tensions that persist despite a memorandum signed in June that had laid out a potential path to reopening the strategic waterway as a precursor to broader peace negotiations.
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