Iran claimed on Sunday that it struck an unmanned United States vessel attempting to enter the Strait of Hormuz, but the United States military quickly dismissed the report as a “total lie,” the Associated Press reported. This latest friction in the region follows a series of intense exchanges that have kept the Strait of Hormuz at the center of a volatile conflict.
The reported attack on the unmanned vessel happened just one day after United States forces struck three Iranian oil tankers. Those strikes were a direct response to Iranian forces targeting United States Navy warships with ballistic missiles. Experts are already labeling these recent developments as a dangerous escalation, especially since Iran had previously focused its maritime aggression on commercial shipping.
