US says it hit three tankers after Iran attacked warships | DW News

The US military says it struck three Iranian oil tankers after two of its warships were targeted by Tehran. Washington says the vessels were part of a shadow network that helps fund Iran's Revolutionary Guard Corps, the IRGC, and its regional proxies. Fighting between the US and Iran has flared up again in recent days after several weeks of relative calm.

00:00 US strikes three Iranian tankers: what the footage shows
01:19 Brad Cooper's (US CENTCOMcommander) IRGC warning
01:57 Kamran Bokhari (Geopolitical analyst)
03:50 Iran's shadow fleet and how sanctions evasion works
06:56 How critical is oil revenue to the IRGC's power?
09:03 Will these strikes change the balance of the war?
11:05 Why the US has not hit Kharg Island directly
14:33 Record US fuel prices and the oil market constraint
15:51 Regional realignment: the Mecca Accord and Gulf state exposure
20:15 Can military pressure produce diplomacy?

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