00:01The U.S. said on Saturday that it had struck three Iranian oil tankers after the Iranian
00:07Revolutionary Guard Corps fired ballistic missiles towards the U.S. Navy. U.S. Central
00:13Command said in a statement that a U.S. aircraft carrier and a destroyer ship had successfully
00:19evaded multiple unprovoked Iranian attacks. They added that they had destroyed crude oil
00:25carriers off the coast of Haag Island and in the Strait of Hormuz, as well as one in the Gulf
00:31of
00:31Oman. CENTCOM, which oversees U.S. military operations in the Middle East, claimed that
00:37the three Iranian oil tankers were part of a multibillion-dollar shadow network that funds
00:42the IRGC and its regional proxies. It comes a day after Tehran reportedly launched anti-ship missiles
00:50against vessels in the Strait of Hormuz. Conflict between the two nations resumed last Sunday
00:56after U.S. forces carried out strikes on Iranian rocket launchers in the Strait.
