Iran’s state broadcaster says US military naval units came under missile fire after US attack on Iranian oil tanker

L’emittente di stato iraniana afferma che le unità navali militari statunitensi sono state sottoposte a fuoco missilistico dopo l’attacco degli Stati Uniti alla petroliera iraniana


May 7 (Reuters) - U.S. military naval units operating in the area of the Strait of Hormuz came under Iranian missile fire, following an attack by the U.S. military on an Iranian oil tanker, Iranian state media, citing an unnamed military official, said on Thursday.

U.S. military vessels were forced to retreat after sustaining damage from Iranian missile strikes, it added.

It was unclear when the incident happened.

The Pentagon did not immediately respond to a request for comment, but on Wednesday, the U.S. military said it had disabled an Iranian-flagged oil tanker that was trying to sail towards an Iranian port.

The U.S. military said that U.S. forces hit the tanker’s rudder with a F-18 fighter jet.

(Reporting by Parisa Hafezi, Yomna Ehab and Ahmed Tolba, additional reporting by Idrees Ali; Editing by Chris Reese)

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