Iran's Revolutionary Guard Vows Retaliation Against Oil Tankers Near Kuwait and Bahrain

The Navy of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) warned of retaliation on the 8th (local time) following a U.S. military attack on an Iranian oil tanker.

According to Iran's state-run IRIB broadcaster, the IRGC Navy warned in an emergency statement that it would "take immediate action in response to the malicious acts of the U.S. terrorist military, which targeted multiple Iranian oil tankers."

The statement continued, "All crew members of oil tankers near the ports of Kuwait and Bahrain, which provided refuge to U.S. terrorists and complicitly joined in their crimes, must immediately evacuate their ships."

The Revolutionary Guard further threatened, "Whether these oil tankers are entering ports or anchored, they will all become our targets."

Earlier, Iran's Tasnim news agency reported that an Iranian small oil tanker was hit by a U.S. missile attack in waters about 4 nautical miles (approx. 7.4 kilometers) away from Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf that night.

According to the agency, the oil tanker was struck by a projectile fired by the U.S. military near the Kharg Island anchorage.

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