Iranian Foreign Ministry Calls US Attacks on Ships Dangerous Escalation of Tensions

NAMPA / Sputnik
2026-09-09
TEHRAN, September 9 (RIA Novosti) - The United States' attacks on Iranian ships represent a dangerous escalation of tensions, the Iranian Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday. Earlier in the day, the US Central Command said that US forces had destroyed five Iranian tankers. Iranian forces later said they had attacked two US destroyers as well as the US base at Al-Azraq in Jordan​​​. "The aggressive actions of the US against Iranian commercial vesse......
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