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Iran and US Hit Tankers in Biggest Wave of Attacks on Shipping Since War Began

09 SEP 2026 · 1208Z

Iran said on Wednesday it had attacked 10 ships near the Strait of Hormuz after the U.S. sank five Iranian oil tankers, in the biggest declared wave of tit-for-tat attacks on shipping by both sides since the start of the six-month-old war.

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