CENTCOM struck three IRGC crude carriers on 5 September after ballistic missiles toward two US Navy ships. Adm. Brad Cooper set the cost message. Reuters stamps Tehran’s counterclaim on Hormuz routes. Iran’s Rezaei flagged a new restricted maritime zone — attributed claims only.
US Central Command struck three Iranian crude oil carriers on 5 September 2026 after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched ballistic missiles toward two US Navy warships. A US aircraft carrier and guided-missile destroyer successfully evaded the attacks; no American personnel were harmed. That is the CENTCOM / DVIDS release.
CENTCOM says it permanently disabled the IRGC crude carriers M/T Downy off Kharg Island and M/T Stark 1 near Jask, and completely destroyed the unladen M/T Kylo (also known as Noxen) in the Gulf of Oman after the crew was directed to abandon ship. The three carriers are part of a multibillion-dollar shadow network that funds the IRGC and its regional proxies, on that release.
“Let the message to the IRGC be clear: If you shoot at two of our ships, we will impose an even higher economic cost —taking out three of yours,” said Adm. Brad Cooper, CENTCOM commander.
Reuters stamps the same CENTCOM strikes and adds the IRGC response: Tehran said it targeted three tankers on unauthorized routes in the Strait of Hormuz as well as three US-linked vessels in other areas.
On 7 September, Mohsen Rezaei, secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, said Iran will declare a new “restricted” maritime zone outside the Strait of Hormuz in the coming days, beginning from the US Navy’s blockade line and extending into parts of the Gulf, with any vessel entering placed on a sanctions list — that is the Anadolu Agency stamp citing Press TV. Rezaei also said Iran and Oman would sign a corridor agreement with entry and exit under Iranian control, claimed the strait was “completely closed,” and called President Trump’s claim that it remained open a “big lie.” Those are Iranian official claims on that page — attributed only, not restated as independent fact.
Monday’s WTI near $90 / OPEC+ October hold is the Asian crude reaction under the same weekend escalation.
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