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Iran state media: Revolutionary Guards targeted US and Israeli ships
April 6, 2026
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Iran state media: Revolutionary Guards targeted US and Israeli ships The IRGC says that it targeted the US amphibious assault ship LHA-7, forcing it to withdraw into the southern Indian Ocean, according to Iranian state media. The Revolutionary Guards also claimed to have targeted a container ship linked to Israel, but did not specify the location at which the strike took place.
Handout photo from the US Navy shows the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Boxer (LHD-4) sailing in the Pacific Ocean on 27 February 2026 (Seaman Apprentice Trace Gorsuch/AFP)
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