Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday that they had attacked several vessels, including some allegedly linked to the United States, in response to US strikes on Iranian oil tankers earlier in the day. IRGC said its naval forces “targeted three oil tankers on the unauthorised route of the Strait of Hormuz and three vessels affiliated with the child-killing America in other areas”.

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