{
  "id": 6386413,
  "title": "US-Iran Conflict Escalates As CENTCOM Destroys 5 Iranian Oil Carriers After IRGC Missile Attacks On US Navy Warship | Watch",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/us-iran-conflict-escalates-as-centcom-destroys-5-iranian-oil-carriers",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-09T04:31:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/world/us-iran-conflict-escalates-as-centcom-destroys-5-iranian-oil-carriers-after-irgc-missile-attacks-on-us-navy-warship-watch"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Washington DC: US Central Command (CENTCOM) said that its forces destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers in the Middle East on Tuesday, noting them as retaliatory strikes after the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) targeted an American Navy warship with ballistic missiles twice over a 48-hour period. CENTCOM forces destroyed five Iranian crude oil carriers, Sept. 8, after the Islamic…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Free Press Journal",
        "title": "Oil Prices Near $100 As US-Iran Conflict Escalates, Five More Iranian Tankers Destroyed",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/09/oil-prices-near-100-as-us-iran-conflict-escalates-five-more-iranian",
        "published": "2026-09-09T05:09:46.000Z"
      }
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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."
}