1st LD: U.S. forces strike Iranian-flagged unladen oil tanker

WASHINGTON, May 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. forces on Wednesday morning struck and disabled an Iranian-flagged unladen oil tanker sailing toward an Iranian port, the U.S. Central Command said on X.

The strike took place at 9 a.m. U.S. Eastern Time on Wednesday, when the targeted vessel, Hasna, was transiting international waters en route to an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman, said the command in a statement.

"After Hasna's crew failed to comply with repeated warnings, U.S. forces disabled the tanker's rudder by firing several rounds from the 20mm cannon gun of a U.S. Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet launched from USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72)," the statement read.

Hasna is no longer transiting to Iran, it added. Enditem