US destroys five Iranian oil tankers in response to ballistic missile attacks on navy warship

Iran Herald · September 9, 2026 War

Washington, DC [US], September 9 (ANI): US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that its forces destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers in the Middle East on Tuesday, noting them as retaliatory strikes after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeted an American Navy warship with ballistic missiles twice over a 48-hour period.