USA/Iran-Oil Tankers/Strikes/Retaliation
USA/Iran-Oil Tankers/Strikes/Retaliation
Dateline : Sept 8, 2026/File
Location : Iran;United States
Duration : 1'22
Beijing, China - Sept 8, 2026 (CCTV Video News Agency - No access Chinese mainland)
1. Screenshot of social media post by U.S. Central Command
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2. Various of vessels being hit, catching fire
FILE: Washington D.C., USA - March 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
3. White House, U.S. national flag, traffic
FILE: Washington D.C., USA - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
4. Various of White House, U.S. national flag
FILE: Washington D.C., USA - Date Unknown (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
5. Various of capitol building
FILE: Tehran, Iran - May 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland/Israel Media/Al-Arabiya/Persian language TV Stations outside Iran. Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International/Radio Farda)
6. City view, national flags of Iran
7. Traffic, national flags of Iran
FILE: Tehran, Iran - May-June 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland/Israel Media/Al-Arabiya/Persian language TV Stations outside Iran. Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International/Radio Farda)
8. Various of Iranian national flags, traffic
FILE: Tehran, Iran - June 6, 2026 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland/Israel Media/Al-Arabiya/Persian language TV Stations outside Iran. Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International/Radio Farda)
9. National flags of Iran on road lamps, traffic
FILE: Kuwait - July 20, 2017 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
10. Various of Kuwaiti national flag atop building
FILE: Bahrain - August 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
11. National flag of Bahrain
FILE: Manama, Bahrain - March 29, 2021 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
12. King's palace in Bahrain; national flags of Bahrain
The U.S. forces said on Tuesday that they had destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers, while Iran's Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) warned that tankers at Kuwaiti and Bahraini piers would be targeted.
The U.S. Central Command said the strikes were carried out in retaliation for IRGC attacks on a U.S. Navy warship over the past two days.
The U.S. warship successfully evaded the attempted Iranian attacks with ballistic missiles and continued to patrol regional waters, the command said in a post on X.
Meanwhile, Iran's semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Tuesday that an Iranian oil tanker was targeted in a U.S. missile attack four miles (about 6.5 km) off Iran's southern Kharg Island that day.
It cited local sources as saying the incident caused no casualties.
Following the incidents, the IRGC Navy warned all crew members of oil tankers at piers in Kuwait and Bahrain to immediately evacuate from their vessels.
"Given the terrorist U.S. Army's malicious actions in targeting several oil tankers of the Islamic Republic of Iran, we warn all crew members of the tankers at piers of Kuwait and Bahrain, which host these terrorists and are accomplices in their malicious acts, to immediately leave their vessels, whether at anchorages or ports, as they will be targeted," the navy said in a statement published on the IRGC's official news outlet Sepah News.
Separately, Ali Abdollahi, chief commander of Iran's main military command Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters, warned that any aggression against Iranian tankers will lead to the targeting of U.S. bases in the West Asia region, according to Sepah News.
ID : 8498285
Published : 2026-09-09 09:22
Last Modified : 2026-09-09 16:31:51
Source : CCTV Video News Agency,China Central Television (CCTV),Other
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