29 entries in the ledger
U.S. Central Command said it destroyed five more Iranian oil tankers on September 8, 2026, the Kivik, Charminar, Horizon 1, Riesco, and Derya, after the Revolutionary Guard twice targeted a U.S. Navy warship with...
On September 5, 2026, U.S. Central Command said American forces struck three Iranian oil tankers after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps fired two ballistic missiles at a U.S. aircraft carrier and a guided-missile...
The U.S. military struck two Iranian government-owned tankers on Sept. 1, 2026 as part of a wider round of strikes, U.S. officials told Axios. Officials described the strikes as the first carried out under a new "tanker...
The U.S. military told NPR it struck two Iranian rocket launchers on Sunday that it said were preparing to fire sea mines into the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's armed forces said the strikes on Larak Island killed military...
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States would unveil on Monday, Aug. 24, what he called 'the single greatest financial offensive ever' against Iran. In a post on X on Sunday evening he wrote that 'at dawn...
Two U.S. officials told Axios on Aug. 19 that the military has quietly established a shipping corridor through a southern channel of the Strait of Hormuz, moving 15 to 20 tankers in and out each night in convoys under...
In a Fox News interview published Monday, Aug. 17, 2026, President Trump said that if Oman 'gets in the way' of reopening the Strait of Hormuz, 'we'll bomb the s--- out of them.' In the same interview he said Iran should...
At an event for Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman in Garden City, New York, on Friday, Aug. 14, President Trump said he intends to declare the Strait of Hormuz a territory of the United States. "After we...
U.S. Central Command said a Navy helicopter fired two Hellfire missiles at the Panama-flagged cargo ship Vela Nova on Aug. 11, disabling its engine room and steering gear after the crew allegedly "ignored repeated...
President Trump said on August 10, 2026 that he will seek compensation from Iran for American service members killed and wounded, in a Truth Social post answering Iran’s request for war reparations as a condition of...