Forças dos EUA desativam petroleiros iranianos no Estreito de Ormuz

Forças militares dos EUA atingiram dois petroleiros iranianos na sexta-feira no Estreito de Ormuz após trocarem tiros com forças iranianas durante a noite. Os ataques ocorreram em meio a esforços para reforçar um bloqueio e seguiram relatos de ataques iranianos com mísseis e drones aos Emirados Árabes Unidos.

Os militares dos EUA disseram que suas forças desativaram os petroleiros que tentavam romper um bloqueio americano aos portos iranianos. Horas antes, tropas frustraram ataques a três navios da Marinha e atingiram instalações militares iranianas no estreito, sem que nenhuma embarcação americana fosse atingida. Vídeos divulgados pelo Pentágono mostraram caças visando as chaminés das embarcações.

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