- On the sixth day of the war, Israel and Iran have launched new strikes, with a U.S. oil tanker coming under attack
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy launched a missile strike on a US oil tanker on Thursday morning, the elite Iranian army unit reported.
“Early this morning, this oil tanker in the Northern Persian Gulf was struck by fighters from the IRGC Navy and is burning now,” Iran’s public broadcaster quoted the IRGC as saying in a statement.
The Strait of Hormuz is under Iran’s “full control” and any vessels affiliated with the United States or Israel will be banned from passing through it, the IRGC warned.
The Strait of Hormuz connects the Gulf to the Indian Ocean and is a vital oil and gas transit route.
Earlier, Iran has warned there will be repurcussions after a US submarine torpedoed and sunk an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean on Wednesday.
Abbas Araqchi, the Iranian Foreign Minister, said the Iris Dena, which was carrying 130 sailors, had been a “guest of India’s Navy.”
“The US has perpetrated an atrocity at sea, 2,000 miles away from Iran’s shores,” he said, striking “in international waters without warning.”
He warned: “Mark my words: The US will come to bitterly regret the precedent it has set.”
The US defence department released a video showing the moment the torpedo hit in the hours after the incident
The Iranian army also said on Thursday that it had launched several long-range Arash attack drones at Israel overnight, targeting fuel tanks at the Ramat David Airbase.
Israel announced multiple incoming missile attacks and air sirens sounded in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.
