{
  "id": 6328681,
  "title": "US strikes Iranian tankers after attempted attack on Navy ship",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/us-strikes-iranian-tankers-after-attempted-attack-on-navy-ship",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T19:33:19.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
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    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/us-strikes-iranian-tankers-after-attempted-attack-navy-ship"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "WASHINGTON — The US military carried out strikes on Iran’s Kharg Island in the Gulf and around the southeastern Iranian port city of Jask, east of the Strait of Hormuz, in the latest retaliatory exchange of fire between the two sides. \"American forces have struck multiple Iranian tankers tied to the IRGC in response to more attempted missile attacks on a US Navy warship,\" a US official told…",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 5,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "NDTV",
        "title": "US Missile Struck Iranian Tanker Off Kharg Island, Says Iran Media",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/us-missile-struck-iranian-tanker-off-kharg-island-says-iran-media",
        "published": "2026-09-08T19:55:18.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Iranian media reports US attack on Iranian tanker off Kharg Island, explosions heard from Jask",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/iranian-media-reports-us-attack-on-iranian-tanker-off-kharg-island",
        "published": "2026-09-08T20:25:10.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Times of India",
        "title": "US strikes Iranian tankers near Kharg Island; Tehran threatens Gulf oil vessels",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/us-strikes-iranian-tankers-near-kharg-island-tehran-threatens-gulf",
        "published": "2026-09-08T21:42:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Ajel English",
        "title": "Multiple explosions reported on Iran’s Kharg Island: Mehr agency",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/multiple-explosions-reported-on-irans-kharg-island-mehr-agency",
        "published": "2026-09-08T21:53:35.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}