Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said early Wednesday (September 9.
2026) that they pummelled a U.S. military base in Jordan, vowing retaliation for American strikes on Iranian oil tankers that dragged the foes deeper into war.
Tehran’s bombs came after U.S. forces destroyed five Iranian oil tankers in response to Iran targeting an American warship, the second such attack in less than a week.
Editorial | Bogged down: On the U.S.-Iran conflict escalation The latest strikes are part of a dual economic and military approach by President Donald Trump as he struggles to bring an end to a more than six-month-old war with Tehran.
“A small Iranian tanker was targeted by a missile attack by the American terrorist army four miles from Kharg Island.
The tanker was hit by a projectile from American forces in the area of the Kharg Island anchorage,” Tasnim news agency said.
The Islamic republic said it would target oil tankers off U.S.-allied Kuwait and Bahrain in retaliation for the strikes on its tankers.
U.S. energy assets in Gulf are vulnerable after latest clashes The U.S. military said on Tuesday (September 8, 2026) that one of its underwater drones “malfunctioned” after Iran said its forces captured an American unmanned submarine in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
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