Iran has hit US oil tanker in Gulf, says Iranian state TV

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Iranian state television says Iran has struck a US oil tanker in the Gulf with a missile, the latest Iranian attack on the energy industry in the region, AFP reports.

The ship “was hit by a missile in the north of the Persian Gulf” and “is currently on fire”, Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said in a statement reported by state television.

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