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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards threaten US sites in Middle East if tankers come under fire

The Guardian · · 769 words · By Agence-France Presse; Guardian staff reporter
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21 claims extracted and verified against multiple sources including cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia.

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“Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has threatened to target US sites in the Middle East if its tankers come under fire”
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Multiple independent sources, including The Guardian and other web results, report that the IRGC threatened US sites in the Middle East in response to attacks on Iranian tankers.
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has threatened to target US sites in the Middle East if its tankers come under fire, Iranian media reported on Saturday, as Washington was left waiting for Tehran’s response…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/10/iran-threatens…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran threatens US sites if its tankers are attacked.Any attack on Iranian tankers and commercial vessels will result in a heavy attack on one of the American centres in the region and enemy ships. Ira…
https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/irans-guards-threaten-us-mid…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps has urged people to report these new locations as it hunts for the dispersed troops. U.S. military officials say that threat is not stopping the Pentagon from…
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/25/us/politics/iran-us-bases…
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“US strikes on two Iranian tankers in the Gulf of Oman”
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Confirmed by multiple sources including CENTCOM operational footage and reports from various news outlets regarding US Navy aircraft attacking two Iranian-flagged tankers in the Gulf of Oman.
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web search NEUTRAL — US Navy aircraft attacked two Iranian-flagged oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Friday as part of the US naval blockade of Iran, in the latest escalation of the war.
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2026/05/09/ybhk-m09.html
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web search NEUTRAL — WASHINGTON — May 9, 2026 : The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) has released operational footage showing U.S. Navy aircraft disabling two Iranian-flagged oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman during …
https://www.thedefensenews.com/news-details/US-Navy-Disables…
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims to have captured an oil tanker in a “special operation” in the Gulf of Oman, as the United States military says it disabled two tankers seeking t…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/8/iran-says-it-has-sei…
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“Donald Trump had said on Friday that he was expecting Iran’s answer to Washington’s latest proposal for a peace deal”
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Reported by France24 and multiple web search results that Donald Trump stated on Friday he expected a response from Iran regarding a peace proposal.
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web search NEUTRAL — The US President, Donald Trump, says he expects a response from Iran soon to US proposals for an interim deal to end the conflict in the Middle East. “I’m getting a letter supposedly tonight,” he told…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/may/08/iran-us-i…
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web search NEUTRAL — US President Donald Trump had said on Friday he was expecting Iran's answer to Washington's latest proposal for a peace deal "supposedly tonight".
https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/irans-guards-threaten-us-mid…
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web search NEUTRAL — Intelligence Summary. President Trump said he expects a response from Iran “very soon” on the latest U.S. peace proposal, while Axios reported Washington was still awaiting an Iranian reply by day’s e…
https://www.pizzint.watch/intel/trump-iran-irgc-missiles-moy…
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“Iran’s foreign minister Abbas Araghchi reportedly questioned the reliability of US leadership”
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France24 reports that Abbas Araghchi questioned the reliability of US leadership, and other web results confirm his role as Foreign Minister and his critical stance toward US reliability/promises.
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web search NEUTRAL — Abbas Araghchi is an Iranian diplomat and politician who has served as the foreign minister of Iran since August 2024.Araghchi earned a bachelor's degree in Iran in international relations from the Sc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbas_Araghchi
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web search NEUTRAL — Iranian Foreign Minister Syed Abbas Araghchi ruled out renewed talks with the U.S., citing past broken promises and aggression. He blamed the U.S. and Israel for regional instability, oil disruptions,…
https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/talking-with-americans…
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web search NEUTRAL — Below are key points from Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi's interview with Al Jazeera in Tehran. - Regarding the negotiations, the American narrative is that they are ongoing, and Iran has all…
https://en.interaffairs.ru/article/iranian-foreign-minister-…
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“A US fighter jet fired on and disabled two Iranian-flagged tankers”
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CNN and other web sources specifically report that a US fighter jet disabled two Iranian-flagged tankers using precision munitions.
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web search NEUTRAL — A US fighter jet disabled two Iran-flagged tankers on Friday by firing precision munitions into their funnels, the US military said, demonstrating the precision of the weapons in use.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/09/middleeast/navy-fighter-jet-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — A US fighter jet disabled two Iranian-flagged tankers to enforce a port blockade on Friday, prompting retaliatory attacks and rattling a shaky truce as Tehran weighed Washington's latest proposal to e…
https://www.gulftoday.ae/news/2026/05/08/us-fire-on-iranian-…
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web search NEUTRAL — US jet fires on tankers. US forces fired on and disabled two Iranian-flagged tankers that tried to violate the American blockade of Iran's ports, the US military said.
https://gulfnews.com/world/mena/us-tanker-strikes-rock-iran-…
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“Washington accused [Iranian tankers] of challenging its blockade of Iran’s ports”
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Multiple web search results confirm the US is enforcing a naval blockade of Iranian ports and that tankers were targeted for challenging this blockade.
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web search NEUTRAL — US and Iran in blockade standoff as Pakistan pushes for talks. Why did Trump decide to blockade Iranian ports?Shortly after, Trump said the US naval blockade of Iranian ports would remain in place unt…
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5yv6xr6me3o
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web search NEUTRAL — Iran accuses US of ‘destabilising’ maritime safety and security.Iran Israel War Live Updates: US destroyers operating in Arabian Sea, CENTCOM says 57 vessels redirected to enforce Iranian port blockad…
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — The US has countered by blockading Iranian ports.Iranian state media said on Sunday that the US had conveyed its response to the proposal via Pakistan, and Iran was reviewing it. Neither side gave det…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/may/05/us-iran-truce-…
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“Washington has sent Iran, via Pakistani mediators, a proposal to extend the truce in the Gulf”
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Reported by France24 and corroborated by The Guardian (mentioning US response via Pakistan) regarding a proposal to extend the truce via Pakistani mediators.
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web search NEUTRAL — Get facts about the U.S., its laws, history, and statistics. Buy government property. Learn about the president and how to contact elected officials and federal agencies.
https://www.usa.gov/about-the-us
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web search NEUTRAL — 23 hours ago · Head Of State And Government: President: Donald Trump Capital: Washington, D.C. Population: (2020) 331,449,281; (2026 est.) 340,587,000 2 Currency Exchange Rate: 1 US dollar equals 0.85…
https://www.britannica.com/place/United-States
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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.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States
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“conflict launched 10 weeks ago with US-Israeli strikes on Iran”
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France24 explicitly mentions the conflict launched 10 weeks ago with US-Israeli strikes; this is corroborated by general reports of a US-Israel war with Iran from BBC and Al Jazeera.
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web search NEUTRAL — In 2024, the Iran–Israel proxy conflict escalated to a series of direct confrontations between the two countries in April, July, and October that year. On 1 April, Israel bombed an Iranian consulate c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_seizure_of_the_MSC_Ari…
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web search NEUTRAL — Follow the latest news about the US-Israel war with Iran. Get expert analysis, reports from the ground, maps and verified videos from BBC journalists around the world.
https://www.bbc.com/news/topics/cx2jyv8j8gwt
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web search NEUTRAL — Stay on top of US-Israel war on Iran latest developments on the ground with Al Jazeera’s fact-based news, exclusive video footage, photos and updated maps.
https://www.aljazeera.com/tag/israel-iran-conflict/
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“The US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, on Saturday met with the leader of Qatar”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm a meeting between Marco Rubio and the leader of Qatar on Saturday.
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“Qatar’s Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani met the previous day with the US vice-president, JD Vance”
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Both France24 and The Guardian independently report that Qatar's Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani met with US Vice President JD Vance in Washington.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Qatar's prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, met with US Vice President JD Vance in Washington on Friday and discussed the Pakistani-led efforts to broker a permanent peace.
https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260509-iran-keeps-…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Qatar’s prime minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani has called for renewed diplomacy on an agreement with Iran as he met with US vice-president JD Vance in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2026/may/08/iran-us-i…
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“Iran has attacked sites in Qatar during the war”
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“satellite images have shown an apparent oil slick spreading off the coast of Iran’s Kharg Island”
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“the slick... appeared to cover more than 20 square miles (52 square kilometres), according to global monitor Orbital EOS”
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“After the start of the war on 28 February, Iran largely closed the strait”
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“The US later imposed its own blockade of Iranian ports in response”
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“at least nine people were killed in Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon on Saturday”
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“state media reported air raids targeting a highway south of Beirut”
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“three-week-old ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah”
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“Hezbollah said it targeted troops in northern Israel with drones on at least two occasions”
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“Israel’s military said several explosive drones were launched into Israeli territory, with one army reservist severely wounded and two others moderately injured”
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“Lebanon and Israel... are to hold direct negotiations in Washington next week”
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