Strait of Hormuz · SOURCE-LINKED REPORT
Iran Claims Attack on 10 Ships Near Hormuz
Iran's Revolutionary Guard said it struck two US warships and eight oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz in retaliation for a US attack on five Iranian tankers. US officials denied the warship claim, saying the Iranian attack failed. A UK monitoring group reported one sailor killed on a vessel named Hercules Star, with another missing.
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Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps announced that it attacked 10 vessels near the Strait of Hormuz overnight, including two US warships and eight oil tankers, in response to a US strike on five Iranian tankers, according to a report by sharebazarnews.com.
The IRGC statement did not identify the nationalities of the eight tankers. US authorities denied that any warships were hit, saying the Iranian attack attempt had failed.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said at a press conference that IRGC attacks targeting US Navy ships are escalating and warned that the US will strike Iranian tankers and commercial ships if the attacks continue.
The UK Maritime Trade Operations reported that one sailor was killed on a ship called Hercules Star, with another sailor missing, according to various reports. Iraqi port officials said their tanker New Andros, carrying 2 million barrels of oil, was damaged by an Iranian drone and caught fire, but all 22 crew members were safe.
The exchange of attacks has raised fears of further disruption to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, through which about one-fifth of global oil and gas supplies passed before the war.
Turkish reports from bursadabugun.com and haberler.com, published earlier on September 9, said the US Central Command announced it destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers in response to missile attacks on American warships, and that the IRGC claimed it hit 2 US warships and 8 oil tankers, causing heavy damage. Brent crude prices neared $100 a barrel.
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- sharebazarnews.com ↗Primary reference · Full text60/100
Full text with named sources (IRGC statement, US Secretary of State, UKMTO, Iraqi port officials) and specific details, but some information is attributed to 'various reports' and the publication's own credibility is not established.
- bursadabugun.com ↗Supporting source · Full text55/100
Full text with named attributions (CENTCOM, Mehr, IRGC) and specific figures, but relies on secondary reports and includes market analysis without direct observation.
- haberler.com ↗Used most cautiously · Full text55/100
Full text identical to bursadabugun.com, with same attributions and specificity, but appears to be a syndicated version.
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- First report
The first report we found about this event was published by haberler.com.
Oil prices near $100 amid growing Hormuz conflicthaberler.com ↗Coverage reached 1 publisher - Another source reported it
bursadabugun.com published a separate report about the same event.
Oil prices near $100 amid growing Hormuz conflictbursadabugun.com ↗Coverage reached 2 publishers - Another source reported it
sharebazarnews.com published a separate report about the same event.
Iran attacks US warship and nine other vessels in Hormuzsharebazarnews.com ↗Coverage reached 3 publishers
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