IRGC Claims Six Tankers Struck in Hormuz After US Hit Three Iranian Carriers

⚓ HORMUZ — Iran answered three US tanker strikes with six of its own. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: IRGC doubling the US strike count in hours turns Hormuz into a live naval battle zone. Every insurer and Gulf exporter reprices now. Tehran's "existential war" declaration was the signal; this is the operational follow-through. Key variable: whether any struck vessel was non-Iranian flagged — that triggers alliance obligations Washington cannot easily defer.