US destroys five Iranian tankers as Tehran takes aim at Jordan

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Aktan, S., & Mirmohammadsadeghi, F. (2026, September 9). US destroys five Iranian tankers as Tehran takes aim at Jordan. Euronews. http://www.euronews.com/2026/09/09/us-destroys-five-iranian-tankers-as-tehran-launches-retaliatory-strikes-on-jordan

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Euronews · collected 2026-09-09 · by Sertac Aktan, Farhad Mirmohammadsadeghi

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US Central Command (CENTCOM) destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday after the Revolutionary Guards fired ballistic missiles at a US Navy warship twice in two days. The crews of all five vessels were warned to abandon ship before the strikes, with no casualties reported on any of them. Iran then launched missile strikes on US targets in Jordan, which its military said it intercepted. According to CENTCOM, the targeted US warship evaded both Iranian attacks without incident.
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The Trump administration announced an arrangement with Venezuela last week that would see the US gain control over 65 billion barrels worth of oil fields, representing about one-fifth of Venezuela’s total reserves. This deal includes a 35 percent stake for the Pentagon in North American Blue Energy Partners (NABEP), a firm led by Venezuelan businessman Alejandro Betancourt, who was previously under U.S. money-laundering investigation. The State Department also gets preferential rights to buy 20% of NABEP’s oil at cost and first refusal for the remaining 80 percent.

Venezuela’s acting president Delcy Rodriguez claims this agreement will bring much-needed foreign investment to her country's struggling oil industry, but many in Venezuela view her as illegitimate after the U.S. military captured former President Nicolás Maduro earlier this year. Opposition leader María Corina Machado has criticized the deal, arguing that Venezuela’s natural resources belong to its people rather than "an illegitimate regime."

The arrangement raises concerns among Venezuelan opposition figures who fear it could bolster the authoritarian government's control and undermine democratic progress in the country.

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CBS News
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 15% hedged 29 of 197 📰 publisher trust 66
“Both articles describe the US striking Iranian oil tankers in retaliation for Iran's missile attack on a US warship, with identical details about the number of tankers and the timing.”
NPR
⚖️ Leans right 🔴 10% hedged 5 of 49 📰 publisher trust 60
“Both articles report on the exact same occurrence of the US military destroying five Iranian oil tankers, with identical details and names of vessels.”
NBC News
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 no claims extracted 📰 publisher trust 95
“Both articles report on the US destroying five Iranian oil tankers at the exact same time (Tuesday) in response to Iranian missile strikes.”
Dawn
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 17% hedged 3 of 18 📰 publisher trust 72
“Both articles describe Iran's missile strikes on a US base in Jordan and the US destroying five Iranian oil tankers, with very similar details and timing.”
NBC News
⚖️ leaning not scored 🔴 31% hedged 5 of 16 📰 publisher trust 95
“Both articles describe the same US military response to IRGC missile attacks on an American warship, with identical details about the number of tankers destroyed and the circumstances.”
Dawn
⚖️ Leans strongly left 🔴 6% hedged 2 of 35 📰 publisher trust 72
“The articles describe different incidents involving separate strikes or explosions, occurring at different times and places.”
South China Morning Post · 0.88 cosine similarity
⚖️ Leans strongly right 🔴 0% hedged 0 of 8 📰 publisher trust 64
“The dates of the events differ by 4 days (Article A on September 5th, Article B on September 9th) and the details about the number of tankers struck also differ between the two articles”
Global News · 0.86 cosine similarity
⚖️ Leans strongly right 🔴 6% hedged 1 of 16 📰 publisher trust 63
“Article A reports a strike on three tankers after Iran's missile attack, while Article B reports a strike on five tankers after similar Iranian action”
NBC News
⚖️ Leans right 🔴 12% hedged 2 of 17 📰 publisher trust 95
“The articles describe different numbers of tankers being destroyed (3 in article A vs. 5 in article B) and also mention different vessels being targeted”
CBC News
⚖️ Leans right 🔴 6% hedged 2 of 31 📰 publisher trust 60
“Article B describes a separate incident where US forces destroy five Iranian tankers in response to missile strikes on US targets in Jordan, while Article A mentions the previous flare-up between Iran and the US involving the U.S. striking three Iranian oil tankers”
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Sertac Aktan
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🔮 Iran launched missiles at US targets in Jordan following the tanker strikes, according to Iranian state-run television. "Given the malign actions of the terrorist US military in targeting several oil tankers of the Islamic Republic of Iran, we warn all tanker crews in the area of the ports of Kuwait and Bahrain, which host these terrorists and are partners in their aggression, to leave their vessels immediately, whether at anchorage or at the quays, as they will be targeted," IRGC said.
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🔮 The Wall Street Journal, citing US officials, reported on Friday that Trump had refused a proposal for a seven-day ceasefire and the reopening of the Strait, telling his aides that he expected to resume a bombing campaign against Iran after the US' midterm elections in November.
🔮 Iran launched missiles at US targets in Jordan following the tanker strikes, according to Iranian state-run television. "Given the malign actions of the terrorist US military in targeting several oil tankers of the Islamic Republic of Iran, we warn all tanker crews in the area of the ports of Kuwait and Bahrain, which host these terrorists and are partners in their aggression, to leave their vessels immediately, whether at anchorage or at the quays, as they will be targeted," IRGC said.
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Topics

IRGC Iran Iranian Jordan US Navy

Subjects

Iranian NORP · 9× Iran GPE · 5× Jordan GPE · 5× Tehran GPE · 3× US Navy ORG · 3× Bahrain GPE · 2× CENTCOM ORG · 2× IRGC ORG · 2× Jask GPE · 2× Kuwait GPE · 2×

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"The US military has ordered Iranian oil tankers to evacuate so that it can strike them; therefore I declare that any attack on Iranian oil tankers will result in US bases in the region being targeted by the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran," Major General Abdollahi said in a statement.
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🔮 Iran launched missiles at US targets in Jordan following the tanker strikes, according to Iranian state-run television. "Given the malign actions of the terrorist US military in targeting several oil tankers of the Islamic Republic of Iran, we warn all tanker crews in the area of the ports of Kuwait and Bahrain, which host these terrorists and are partners in their aggression, to leave their vessels immediately, whether at anchorage or at the quays, as they will be targeted," IRGC said.
2026-09-09 · Euronews
US destroys five Iranian tankers as Tehran takes aim at Jordan · assertive framing

Claims (20 extracted, 2 hedged)

US CENTCOM said crews were warned to abandon ship before its strikes after the IRGC fired missiles at a US Navy warship twice in two days. asserted
IRGC → say → days
Tehran launched missile strikes on US targets in Jordan and warned tankers near Kuwait and Bahrain to evacuate. asserted
Tehran → launch → Kuwait
US forces destroyed five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday after the Revolutionary Guards fired ballistic missiles at a US Navy warship twice in two days, as Iran launched missile strikes on US targets in Jordan. asserted
Iran → destroy → Jordan
US Central Command (CENTCOM) said the crews of all five vessels — the Kivik, Charminar, Horizon 1, Riesco and Derya — were warned to abandon ship before the strikes. asserted
vessels → say → strikes
The targeted warship evaded both Iranian attacks without casualties, CENTCOM said. asserted
CENTCOM → target → casualties
Iranian state-affiliated news agency confirmed one oil tanker was struck near Jask and another tanker four miles off Kharg Island. asserted
tanker → affiliate → Island
Iran's state broadcaster has reported that a commercial vessel was also attacked in the coastal waters of Jask county. asserted
vessel → report → county
According to Tasnim, citing local sources, the attack on the tanker near Kharg caused no casualties. uncertain
attack → accord → casualties
Iran launched missiles at US targets in Jordan following the tanker strikes, according to Iranian state-run television. "Given the malign actions of the terrorist US military in targeting several oil tankers of the Islamic Republic of Iran, we warn all tanker crews in the area of the ports of Kuwait and Bahrain, which host these terrorists and are partners in their aggression, to leave their vessels immediately, whether at anchorage or at the quays, as they will be targeted," IRGC said. uncertain
IRGC → launch → quays
The Khatam al-Anbiya central command followed with a threat to US bases in the region. asserted
command → follow → region
"The US military has ordered Iranian oil tankers to evacuate so that it can strike them; therefore I declare that any attack on Iranian oil tankers will result in US bases in the region being targeted by the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran," Major General Abdollahi said in a statement. asserted
Abdollahi → order → statement
Jordan's military said its air defence systems intercepted 18 ballistic missiles launched toward its territory and that two others landed in uninhabited areas. asserted
others → say → areas
No casualties were reported. asserted
casualties → report → ?
Jordan hosts several US military installations and has been a repeated target of Iranian strikes since the war began on 28 February. asserted
war → host → February
Iran also said it had captured a US unmanned underwater vessel at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz before dawn, broadcasting images of what it described as the captured drone on state television. asserted
it → say → television
Iran had claimed to have struck a US Navy sea drone on Sunday. asserted
Iran → claim → Sunday
The Trump administration separately announced new sanctions on more than two dozen Iranian commercial and private airlines and foreign cargo providers, in a further effort to isolate Tehran from its remaining trading partners. asserted
administration → announce → partners
The exchange marks one of the sharpest escalations since the framework deal the two sides signed in June broke down the following month. asserted
sides → mark → June
Both sides have been attempting to assert control over the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway through which roughly one-fifth of the world's traded oil passed before the war began. asserted
war → attempt → oil
The US has been enforcing a naval blockade of Iranian ports while Tehran has sought to impose its own transit regime on commercial shipping through the strait. asserted
Tehran → enforce → strait
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