US-Iran Naval War Erupts at Strait of Hormuz; Ship Traffic Reportedly Halved
US CENTCOM has claimed destruction of five Iranian oil tankers in the Persian Gulf. Iran's IRGC has responded by claiming strikes on US combat destroyers DDG-119 and DDG-53, attacks on eight tankers and ten ships in the Gulf and Strait of Hormuz, and retaliatory missile strikes on US military facilities in Jordan — specifically claiming damage to hangars housing F-15, F-16, and F-35 aircraft at Prince Hassan Air Base. Iran's Secretary of the Supreme National Security Council, Mohsen Rezaei, claimed Iran used an anti-destroyer missile against a US vessel for the first time. Iranian state media (Mehr News) reports ship traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has dropped by half. The IRGC has warned all tanker crews near Bahrain and Kuwait to abandon their vessels immediately as they will be targeted.
Source Corpus
- en.mehrnews.com/news/247572/IRGC-attacks-two-US-vessels-8-tankers-10-ships
- www.cnbc.com/2026/09/08/iran-us-sub-strait-hormuz.html
- www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/irgc-says-it-struck-us-combat-destroyers
- www.mehrnews.com/news/6941841/%D8%AD%D8%B1%DA%A9%D8%AA-%DA%A9%D8%B4%D8%AA%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%A7-%D8%AF%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D9%86%DA%AF%D9%87-%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%B2-%D9%86%D8%B5%D9%81-%D8%B4%D8%AF
- www.bbc.co.uk/persian/live/cw62j6gxp52gt
- www.indianexpress.com/article/world/world-news-today-live-updates-us-military-destroys-iranian-oil-tankers-strait-of-hormuz-irgc-retaliation-jordan-10869369/
- www.bbc.com/bengali/articles/ckgwjl73ke0o
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