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Iranian media reports US attack on Iranian tanker off Kharg Island, explosions heard from Jask
🇮🇷 IranSep 8, 2026 20:25SRC: MIDDLE EAST EYEBY: Fleur Hargreaves
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Iranian media reports US attack on Iranian tanker off Kharg Island, explosions heard from Jask US forces have attacked and struck a small Iranian tanker off Kharg Island, according to Iran's Tasnim news agency. The agency cited local sources as saying the tanker’s crew are being evacuated, with no casualties being reported. Iran’s Fars news agency also reported an explosion being heard in the southern Jask area off the Gulf of Oman and east of the Strait of Hormuz, after reports of earlier expl
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Iranian media reports US attack on Iranian tanker off Kharg Island, explosions heard from Jask
US forces have attacked and struck a small Iranian tanker off Kharg Island, according to Iran's Tasnim news agency.
The agency cited local sources as saying the tanker’s crew are being evacuated, with no casualties being reported.
Iran’s Fars news agency also reported an explosion being heard in the southern Jask area off the Gulf of Oman and east of the Strait of Hormuz, after reports of earlier explosions heard on Kharg Island.
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