{
  "id": 6342235,
  "title": "Rubio says Iran will lose tankers if it tries to hit US Navy ships",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/rubio-says-iran-will-lose-tankers-if-it-tries-to-hit-us-navy-ships",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-08T22:31:12.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/rubio-says-iran-will-lose-tankers-if-it-tries-hit-us-navy-ships"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Iran that it would lose oil tankers if it continued to try to attack US warships. According to Rubio, for every attempt Iran makes to hit US naval ships, it will lose tankers.\n\nThe US Central Command reported that it destroyed five Iranian crude oil tankers in response to Iran targeting a US navy warship. The tankers destroyed were the Kivik, Charminar, Horizon 1, Riesco, and Derya, located in the Gulf of Oman and near Kharg Island in the Strait of Hormuz. The crews of the vessels were told to abandon ship before the attacks.\n\nThe US strikes come after a series of escalations between the US and Iran, including attempted attacks on a US warship by Iran's Revolutionary Guard and Iran's claim to have seized an advanced submarine drone, which the US Central Command said had malfunctioned. Iran's Revolutionary Guard has threatened to respond to the US strikes.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "DW English (Top Stories)",
        "title": "US strikes oil tankers off coast of Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/us-strikes-oil-tankers-off-coast-of-iran",
        "published": "2026-09-08T21:56:00.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Gulf News",
        "title": "US Navy blockade on Iran: Could economic squeeze force a policy shift — or 'regime change'?",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/us-navy-blockade-on-iran-could-economic-squeeze-force-a-policy-shift",
        "published": "2026-09-08T22:53:35.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tempo.co English",
        "title": "US Strikes Oil Tankers Off Coast of Iran",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/us-strikes-oil-tankers-off-coast-of-iran",
        "published": "2026-09-09T03:27:06.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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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."
}