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Iran claims strike on U.S. warships and oil tankers

Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they have attacked and damaged two U.S. warships and eight oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, in what they call retaliation for a U.S. strike on Iranian tankers.

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00:00Iran's Revolutionary Guard said they have attacked and damaged two U.S. warships and eight oil tankers in the Persian
00:07Gulf
00:07in what they call retaliation for a U.S. strike on Iranian tankers.
00:12The IRGC also said 10 other vessels trying to pass through a restricted area of the Strait Hormuz were targeted.
00:20Earlier, Iranian forces claimed they had hit U.S. Navy destroyer DDG-119 and DDG-53, causing heavy damage.
00:28The Iranian sources also reported a strike on a U.S. military base in Jordan.
00:32Meanwhile, the Iranian media reported explosions late Tuesday on Khag Island and in the Jask area.
00:39The U.S. Central Command said American forces destroyed five Iranian oil tankers after an Iranian attack on a U
00:46.S. warship.
00:47According to the U.S. military, Iranian ballistic missiles were launched at the warship twice over the past two days,
00:53but the vessels evaded the attacks and no U.S. personnel were injured.
00:56In response, U.S. forces destroyed four IRGC-linked oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman and other near Khag
01:04Island.

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