In the early morning of the 9th local time, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran issued a statement saying that in response to the US military's aggression against 5 Iranian oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy of Iran targeted 2 US ships and 8 tankers in the region and caused serious damage to them. Furthermore, 10 other ships, encouraged and supported by the US military, tried to pass through the prohibited navigation area of the Strait of Hormuz. These ships were also targeted. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran issued a statement on September 9 saying that it had launched ballistic missiles to hit a US military base in Azraq, Jordan in retaliation for the US attack on an Iranian tanker. On September 8, local time, the US Central Command issued a document stating that US military forces destroyed 5 Iranian crude oil carriers on the same day.

In the early morning of the 9th local time, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran issued a statement saying that in response to the US military's aggression against 5 Iranian oil tankers in the Persian Gulf, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy of Iran targeted 2 US ships and 8 tankers in the region and caused serious damage to them. Furthermore, 10 other ships, encouraged and supported by the US military, tried to pass through the prohibited navigation area of the Strait of Hormuz. These ships were also targeted. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran issued a statement on September 9 saying that it had launched ballistic missiles to hit a US military base in Azraq, Jordan in retaliation for the US attack on an Iranian tanker. On September 8, local time, the US Central Command issued a document stating that US military forces destroyed 5 Iranian crude oil carriers on the same day.