Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Claims to Have Struck US and Israeli Vessels
2026-06-01 21:10
Odaily News On the evening of June 1st local time, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran announced that after US forces launched an aggressive attack on an Iranian vessel in the Gulf of Oman, the IRGC Navy took retaliatory action, using cruise missiles to hit the "Sariska," a vessel belonging to US and Israeli interests. The IRGC Navy emphasized that any aggressive act by US forces in the region would be met with a resolute response. The statement did not specify the exact timing of the operation. Earlier on June 1st, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations reported that a cargo ship was hit by an unidentified projectile and suffered a violent explosion while navigating in the Persian Gulf near the southern waters of Iraq.
