US military says it has destroyed three Iranian oil tankers

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US Central Command stated that its forces destroyed three Iranian oil tankers—M/T Downy, M/T Stark 1, and M/T Kylo—off the coasts of Kharg Island and in the Gulf of Oman following Iranian naval fire. These vessels were identified as part of a network funding the IRGC and its regional proxies, with the US disabling them to render them inoperable.

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The US military said it had struck and destroyed three oil tankers linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) after US warships came under Iranian fire. "Following Iran’s failed attacks, CENTCOM permanently disabled the IRGC crude oil carriers M/T Downy off the coast of Kharg Island and M/T Stark 1 near Jask," Central Command (Centcom) said in a statement on X.

US military says it has destroyed three Iranian oil tankers

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