Multiple Iranian media channels report that an American oil tanker was struck, set ablaze, and sunk near the port of Sharjah in the UAE, actualizing recent IRGC threats against Middle Eastern energy infrastructure.
An oil tanker was targeted and destroyed near the port of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. Arab and unofficial sources initially reported the incident, according to the state-aligned Fars News International and the reformist-leaning حامیان پزشکیان (Pezeshkian Supporters). The attack comes as the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked and global oil prices have surged past $120 a barrel.
State-aligned and military channels quickly identified the targeted vessel as American and confirmed its destruction. The hardline کانال اخبار سپاه پاسداران 🏴 (IRGC News Channel) published images of the aftermath, reporting that the oil tanker of the American aggressors "exploded and sank" last night near the UAE. The IRGC-affiliated channel also noted that the Yemeni Islamic Resistance Ansarullah circulated reports of the strike.
Media outlets published visual evidence of the burning ship alongside fiercely anti-US rhetoric. آخرین خبر (Akharin Khabar) shared an image of the destruction, describing the vessel as belonging to the terrorist US government in its coverage. Additional imagery of the American oil tanker burning was posted by the unlinked channel خبری پلاس|خبرفوری 🔖فوری, while video footage of the targeting was shared by خبرفوری ࡆ اخبارفوری مذاکره ࡆ جنگ فوری.
Breaking news channels such as اخبارفوری خبرفوری جنگ امریکا فوری, کافه سیاست 🖤, and اخبارفوری خبرفوری جنگ امریکا حمله broadcasted urgent alerts confirming the strike on the tanker in Sharjah. The targeting aligns directly with recent threats from senior Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials to set ablaze all energy infrastructure in the Middle East in retaliation for the massive US and Israeli airstrikes that recently devastated Iran's military capabilities.
Sources demonstrate high message coordination regarding the attack, with hardline and military-affiliated channels explicitly using highly charged language such as 'American aggressors' and 'terrorist US government' to describe the target. The integration of Ansarullah Yemen into the IRGC channel's reporting highlights a unified Axis of Resistance narrative.