U.S. Aircraft Fires Hellfire Missile At Engine Room Of Tanker En Route To Iran’s Kharg Island

The U.S. military has enforced a naval blockade of Iranian ports since April 13, 2026, intercepting and redirecting ships headed to Iran, including a Hellfire missile strike on a tanker en route to Kharg Island on June 2, 2026. This blockade has already redirected at least 122 vessels and poses severe disruption to maritime traffic in the Arabian Gulf, particularly to and from Iran's major oil export terminal at Kharg Island.