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Hormuz akin to ‘atomic bomb’ – Iranian leader’s adviser

RT News · · 414 words · By Russia Today
Geopolitical Conflict Military escalation Maritime Security
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9 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“The US military has attacked two more Iranian-flagged oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman”
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Multiple independent sources (Republic World, RT World News, and a live update source) confirm that the US military attacked/disabled Iranian-flagged oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
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web search NEUTRAL — US military intercepts Iranian-flagged oil tanker in Gulf of Oman, says US Central Command.The US Navy shot out the rudder of an Iran blockade runner with a Super Hornet's 20 mm cannon.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iranian officials flatly denied any involvement in the attacks. Iran's mission to the United Nations has issued the country's first response to the US assertion that Iran is behind today's oil vessel …
https://abcnews.com/Politics/tankers-attacked-gulf-oman-us-r…
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web search NEUTRAL — Video shows Iranian Navy ship and oil tanker in Gulf of Oman.According to the US Navy, Iran has harassed or seized nearly 20 internationally flagged commercial vessels since 2021 in what the Navy call…
https://edition.cnn.com/2023/07/05/politics/us-navy-iran-tan…
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“US Central Command said on Friday that American forces struck two “unladen” Iranian tankers, the M/T Sea Star III and the M/T Sevda”
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Two separate sources (Republic World and a 'Middle East crisis live' report) specifically name the M/T Sea Star III and M/T Sevda as the tankers struck by US forces.
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web search NEUTRAL — The statement added that US forces had also disabled a third Iranian-flagged vessel on Wednesday. “All three vessels are no longer transiting to Iran.” The US military fired on two Iranian-flagged oil…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/may/08/iran-us-i…
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web search NEUTRAL — CENTCOM declared that US Navy jets disabled Iranian tankers Sea Star III and Sevda in the Gulf of Oman, bringing the total disabled ships to 4, with 57 vessels redirected and over 70 tankers carrying …
https://www.republicworld.com/world-news/us-navy-disables-2-…
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web search NEUTRAL — The US military has attacked two more Iranian-flagged oil tankers as Washington presses ahead with a naval blockade, while Tehran has compared control of the Strait of Hormuz to possessing an “atomic …
https://www.rt.com/news/639717-iran-hormuz-atomic-bomb/
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“Iranian armed forces allegedly responded to “the violation of the ceasefire and to American terrorism with strikes,” a military official told local media”
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While web results mention US targeting Iranian facilities, there is no specific corroboration from multiple independent sources regarding the specific quote from an Iranian official about 'violation of the ceasefire' and 'American terrorism' in the provided evidence.
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran - Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · The US says it targeted Iranian "missile and drone launch sites; command and control locations; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance nodes".
https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c2021zg819lt
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web search NEUTRAL — 2 days ago · Follow the latest Iran news, stories and updates from the The Jerusalem Post. Breaking news about Iranian politics, culture and foreign affairs.
https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news
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“Iran shut the waterway [Strait of Hormuz] early in the war”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general Wikipedia entries and unrelated news updates; no specific evidence was found confirming that Iran shut the Strait of Hormuz 'early in the war'.
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran - Wikipedia
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran
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web search NEUTRAL — 16 hours ago · Iran is a mountainous, arid, and ethnically diverse country of southwestern Asia. The heart of the Persian empire of antiquity, Iran has long played an important role in the region as a…
https://www.britannica.com/place/Iran
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web search NEUTRAL — 3 hours ago · Rubio says US expects response from Iran on potential deal Friday, defends recent strikes Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters the administration expected a response from the Ir…
https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/iran-live-upd…
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““The Strait of Hormuz is a capability equivalent to an atomic bomb,” Mohammad Mokhber, a top adviser to Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, said on Friday, as cited by Press TV”
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The claim is mentioned in one RT World News snippet, but the other search results for 'Muhammad' are irrelevant (referring to the Prophet Muhammad), providing no further corroboration for the quote by Mohammad Mokhber.
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web search NEUTRAL — Apart from Islam, Muhammad has received praise in Sikhism as an inspirational figure, in the Druze faith as one of the seven main prophets, and in the Baháʼí Faith as a Manifestation of God.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad
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web search NEUTRAL — His spirituality is considered to be expressed by his journey through the seven heavens (Mi'raj). His behaviour and advice became known as the Sunnah, which forms the practical application of Muhammad…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_in_Islam
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 18, 2024 · The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) stands as one of the most transformative and influential figures in human history. Revered as the final messenger of God in Islam, he not only f…
https://islamicinfocenter.com/the-prophet-muhammad/
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“Secretary of State Marco Rubio saying on Friday that Washington will never allow Tehran to “normalize” its grip on Hormuz”
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Three independent web search results confirm that Secretary of State Marco Rubio stated the US will not allow Iran to 'normalize' its control over the Strait of Hormuz.
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web search NEUTRAL — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the United States will not accept what he described as Iran attempting to “normalize” control over the Strait of Hormuz.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/videos/rubio-says-u-not-allow-111…
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web search NEUTRAL — They cannot normalize, nor can we tolerate them trying to normalize, a system in which the Iranians decide who gets to use an international waterway and how much you have to pay them to use it,” Rubio…
https://news.antiwar.com/2026/04/27/rubio-says-iran-cannot-n…
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web search NEUTRAL — U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio declared on [date] that the United States "cannot tolerate" Iran normalizing control over the Strait of Hormuz, emphasizing that the critical waterway must remain o…
https://www.roic.ai/news/rubio-us-cant-tolerate-iran-normali…
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“The Department of War claimed three US guided-missile destroyers came under “unprovoked” missile, drone, and small-boat attacks”
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The claim that three US guided-missile destroyers were attacked is corroborated by both Al Jazeera (reporting US Central Command) and a 'Live updates' source citing US Central Command and President Trump.
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web search NEUTRAL — A US state department official confirmed on Thursday that the new Israel-Lebanon talks would take place on 14 and 15 May. It will be the third meeting in recent months between the two countries, which…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/07/iran-accuses-u…
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web search NEUTRAL — Reporting from Wahington DC, United States. The United States has responded in two ways [to the reported exchange of fire]. First was from the US Central Command, and what it is saying is that US forc…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/5/7/iran-war-li…
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web search NEUTRAL — Three US Navy guided-missile destroyers fended off a multi-pronged Iranian attack in the Strait of Hormuz on Thursday, US Central Command and President Donald Trump said.
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/08/world/live-news/iran-war-…
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“US forces retaliated against Iranian launch sites, command-and-control locations, and surveillance nodes”
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A web search result explicitly states that the US targeted Iranian 'missile and drone launch sites; command and control locations; and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance nodes'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The three largest airlines in the world, by total number of passengers carried, are U.S.-based; American Airlines became the global leader after its 2013 merger with US Airways. [405]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
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web search NEUTRAL — Opinion Trump is embarrassed, and wants us to pay him $10 billion... Comey indictment threatens the rights of seashell artists...
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web search NEUTRAL — US News is a recognized leader in college, grad school, hospital, mutual fund, and car rankings. Track elected officials, research health conditions, and find news you can use in politics ...
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“Tehran... accused Washington of attacking first, claiming US forces had targeted an Iranian oil tanker in its territorial waters and struck civilian areas along Iran’s southern coast”
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No evidence was gathered for this claim in the provided search results.
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