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A US jet takes off from the deck of of USS George H.W. Bush. (Source: Supplied)<\/p>\n
Iranian state television also reported the US strikes, saying US forces attacked at least three Iranian oil tankers near the southern port of Jask and near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf. It said the crews were evacuated.<\/p>\n
Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the US will not allow Iran’s attacks to go unanswered.<\/p>\n
\u201cIran continues to try to hit US naval ships. And for every time they do that or try to do that, they\u2019re going to lose tankers. And I think you\u2019ll see that again today,\u201d Rubio told reporters when asked about the latest attacks in Iran while on a trip to Colombia.<\/p>\n
Danny Citrinowicz, an Iran expert at Israel\u2019s Institute for National Security Studies, warned that such back-and-forth strikes can only risk more retaliation and further impact on the global economy.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is no kinetic solution to the Strait of Hormuz problem,\u201d he said on social media. \u201cEvery attempt to impose one only brings Washington and Tehran closer to an escalation that may become increasingly difficult to control.\u201d<\/p>\n
An Iranian state TV reporter in Jask said an Iranian tanker was struck near the coast of Yekbeni, while another explosion was heard in the area whose source and location were not immediately clear.<\/p>\n
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Traffic moves along an avenue as a commercial vessel lies anchored in the Strait of Hormuz off Bandar Abbas, Iran (Source: Associated Press)<\/p>\n
State TV later reported that the US military attacked a second tanker near waters off Jask. It said the crews of both vessels were being evacuated by lifeboat toward the Jask coast.<\/p>\n
Separately, state television reported that another Iranian tanker was attacked in Kharg Island anchorage area. It said the crew was safely evacuated shortly after the strike.<\/p>\n
Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard Navy warned crews of oil tankers near ports in Kuwait and Bahrain to immediately leave their vessels, saying the ships could be targeted in retaliation for US attacks on Iranian tankers. It accused Kuwait and Bahrain of hosting US forces and assisting in the attacks.<\/p>\n
On Saturday, the US military said it had struck three Iranian oil tankers after Navy warships were targeted with ballistic missiles, warning that it would, \u201cif necessary, destroy Iran\u2019s limited and exposed oil fleet\u201d. Iran later said it planned to announce a new \u201cexclusion zone\u201d near the Strait of Hormuz aimed at vessels intending to transit.<\/p>\n
The latest strikes are part of a dual economic and military approach by President Donald Trump as he struggles to bring an end to a more than six-month-old war with Tehran<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Trump administration on Tuesday also imposed sanctions on additional elements of Iran\u2019s aviation industry, targeting more than two dozen commercial and private airlines as well as foreign cargo service providers in its new push to isolate Tehran from its remaining trading partners.<\/p>\n