Iran claims strike on U.S. warships and oil tankers

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said early Wednesday that its navy had targeted and heavily damaged two U.S. warships and eight oil tankers in the Persian Gulf in retaliation for a U.S. attack on five Iranian tankers.

The IRGC said inIran claims strike on U.S. warships and oil tankers a statement that 10 other vessels attempting to pass through a restricted navigation area of the Strait of Hormuz with U.S. encouragement and…