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· collected 2026-09-09 · by Farhad Mirmohammadsadeghi, Sertac Aktan
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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Oil prices surged past $100 per barrel on Wednesday after a series of attacks in the Middle East, with Brent crude futures trading at $99.93 a barrel and U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude at $94.52 a barrel. The price hike comes as tensions between the US and Iran continue to escalate, with the US striking five Iranian oil tankers on Tuesday and Iran launching missiles at US targets in Jordan.
Saudi Arabia reported that its energy infrastructure was attacked by the Houthis, causing temporary pauses in operations and injuring 73 civilians. Saudi Arabia is the world's largest oil exporter, and the attacks have raised concerns about the security of global oil supplies.
The Strait of Hormuz has become a key concern, with just four ships passing through the waterway on Saturday and six on Sunday. Before the war, the strait carried more than 20% of the world's energy supply as oil was shipped to ports around the globe.
In response to the attacks, the US Central Command said it destroyed five Iranian tankers, warning crews to abandon ship before striking. Iran has launched missiles at US targets in Jordan and warned tankers near Kuwait and Bahrain to evacuate.
The price of oil has been rising steadily since the start of the Iran war on February 28, with Brent crude surging as high as $126.41 a barrel on April 30. The global price of oil topped $100 a barrel for the first time since July, adding to uncertainty over future supply.
Meanwhile, a gallon of regular gasoline averaged $4.15 in the US on Tuesday, up 26% from a year ago.
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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.
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Tehran launched missile strikes on US targets in Jordan and warned tankers near Kuwait and Bahrain to evacuate.
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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.
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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.
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The targeted warship evaded both Iranian attacks without casualties, CENTCOM said.
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Iranian state-affiliated news agency confirmed one oil tanker was struck near Jask and another tanker four miles off Kharg Island.
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Iran's state broadcaster has reported that a commercial vessel was also attacked in the coastal waters of Jask county.
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According to Tasnim, citing local sources, the attack on the tanker near Kharg caused no casualties.
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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 Khatam al-Anbiya central command followed with a threat to US bases in the region.
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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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Jordan's military said its air defence systems intercepted 18 ballistic missiles launched toward its territory and that two others landed in uninhabited areas.
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No casualties were reported.
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Jordan hosts several US military installations and has been a repeated target of Iranian strikes since the war began on 28 February.
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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.
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Iran had claimed to have struck a US Navy sea drone on Sunday.
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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.
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The exchange marks one of the sharpest escalations since the framework deal the two sides signed in June broke down the following month.
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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.
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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.
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