Iran, US Trade Tit-for-Tat Tanker Attacks As War Drags On

By Eltaf Najafizada and Weilun Soon

Sep 6, 2026 (Bloomberg) –Iran said it targeted three oil tankers using an unauthorized route through the Strait of Hormuz, as well as a number of US-linked ships, in retaliation for American attacks on Iranian tankers over the weekend.

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy gave no further details about the incidents, nor did its Telegram post late Saturday specify whether the vessels were hit. The IRGC later said it also attacked a US naval drone and an American military unmanned surface vessel attempting to enter the strait.

There was no immediate independent corroboration of