Iranian Revolutionary Guards claim attacks on US-linked ships

The Revolutionary Guards, Iran's powerful armed force, said on Saturday they had attacked several ships, some of which they said were linked to the United States, in retaliation for earlier American strikes against Iranian oil tankers.

After the American attack on the three tankers, the naval forces of the Revolutionary Guards “targeted three tankers using the unauthorized route of the Strait of Hormuz, as well as three ships affiliated with child-killing America in other sectors,” the Guards said on their official Telegram channel, warning other ships against attempting to pass through unauthorized routes.

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“Harder” attacks

The Iranian army had earlier promised “tougher” retaliation against American warships. “The US terrorist army is on notice that if the malicious acts, insecurity and harassment of Iranian ships as well as the naval blockade of Iran continue, strikes by the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran against US military buildings in the region will be harsher than before and may expand,” said Khatam al-Anbiya, the Joint Central Military Command.