DUBAI, Sept 5 (Reuters) – Explosions were heard on Saturday near Iran’s Kharg Island in the Gulf, a key oil terminal, Iranian media said, amid unconfirmed reports that an Iranian tanker was targeted nearby by U.S. forces.
The semi-official Fars news agency said explosion sounds were heard from the Gulf, but no sign of smoke was seen and the origin of the blasts was unknown.
The state-affiliated Nournews said there were unconfirmed reports from local sources that an Iranian tanker had been hit near Kharg by a missile fired by U.S. forces.
The news site Asr Iran said the tanker was struck by four projectiles launched by U.S. forces and it was being unloaded.
There was no immediate official announcement by Iranian or U.S. authorities about the reports.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on August 31 in a one-line social media post accompanied by an AI-generated video that Kharg Island was being “blown to smithereens”. Iranian authorities have vowed a strong response if Kharg is attacked.
(Reporting by Dubai newsroom; Editing by Tom Hogue, William Mallard and Tomasz Janowski)
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