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US Missile Hits Iranian Oil Tanker Close to Kharg Island
(MENAFN) A US missile struck a small Iranian oil tanker close to Kharg Island in the Gulf on Tuesday evening, an Iranian news agency reported, marking the latest flashpoint in escalating hostilities between Washington and Tehran.
The vessel was hit roughly four nautical miles off the island's coast, though no casualties were reported in the immediate aftermath.
The news agency said US forces fired the projectile at the tanker while it sat in the anchorage area off Kharg Island.
Local sources told the agency that no crew members were injured and that the ship's personnel were in the process of being evacuated.
The strike follows a series of explosions heard earlier in both Kharg Island and the southern city of Jask, according to Iran's Fars news agency.
Two blasts rang out near Kharg Island, though witnesses reported no visible smoke or fire in the area. A separate explosion was also heard in Jask.
The incident adds fresh strain to an already volatile standoff between Iran and the US over control of the Strait of Hormuz — tensions that have persisted despite a memorandum signed in June that had outlined a potential path toward reopening the critical waterway as part of a broader peace framework.
The vessel was hit roughly four nautical miles off the island's coast, though no casualties were reported in the immediate aftermath.
The news agency said US forces fired the projectile at the tanker while it sat in the anchorage area off Kharg Island.
Local sources told the agency that no crew members were injured and that the ship's personnel were in the process of being evacuated.
The strike follows a series of explosions heard earlier in both Kharg Island and the southern city of Jask, according to Iran's Fars news agency.
Two blasts rang out near Kharg Island, though witnesses reported no visible smoke or fire in the area. A separate explosion was also heard in Jask.
The incident adds fresh strain to an already volatile standoff between Iran and the US over control of the Strait of Hormuz — tensions that have persisted despite a memorandum signed in June that had outlined a potential path toward reopening the critical waterway as part of a broader peace framework.
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