Iranian
outlets like SNN and Fars News reported a small oil tanker struck by a US
missile off Kharg Island, Iran's main crude export point, with blasts heard but
no smoke, fire, or casualties noted.
A reporter on the island confirmed the sounds from the Gulf direction about an hour earlier.
The claims, echoed by Al Jazeera, remain unverified by independent sources or US officials amid ongoing US-Iran tensions that have targeted tankers and sites near the strategic hub this year.