The U.S. military says it has fired on an Iranian oil tanker as President Donald Trump seeks to pressure Iran into reaching a deal to end the war.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. military said Wednesday that it fired on an Iranian oil tanker as President Donald Trump sought to pressure Tehran into reaching a deal to end the war.
An American fighter jet shot out the rudder of the tanker in the Gulf of Oman as it tried to breach the U.S. military’s blockade of Iran’s ports, U.S. Central Command said in a social media post.
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