IRGC claims ballistic-missile attacks on US warships in Strait of Hormuz

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has claimed it fired ballistic missiles at a US aircraft carrier and guided-missile destroyer in the Strait of Hormuz, as the standoff over an alleged blockade of Iranian ports intensifies.

The claim was reported by Al Jazeera on 6 September. The supplied material does not independently verify that either vessel was hit, damaged or caused casualties.

On 5 September, the US military said the IRGC had launched ballistic missiles towards two US Navy warships. US Central Command said the vessels evaded multiple attacks and that no American personnel were injured.

The United States also said it disabled two Iranian oil tankers and destroyed a third in the Gulf of Oman and near Iran’s Kharg Island. It alleged the vessels were linked to financing for the IRGC and its regional proxies.

The existence and precise terms of the alleged blockade have not been independently established in the supplied material. The competing accounts leave the extent of any damage and the immediate consequences of the reported missile launches unresolved.