{"id":330800,"date":"2026-09-06T07:34:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-06T07:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=330800"},"modified":"2026-09-07T06:46:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T06:46:32","slug":"irgc-ballistic-missile-retaliation-forces-us-aircraft-carrier-destroyer-to-flee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=330800","title":{"rendered":"IRGC ballistic missile retaliation forces US aircraft carrier, destroyer to flee"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Presstv.ir \u2013 Sept 6, 2026<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><strong>The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)\u2019s Aerospace Force has launched several ballistic missiles at a US aircraft carrier and an American destroyer participating in Washington\u2019s illegal naval blockade against the Islamic Republic, forcing the vessels to flee.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The force staged the reprisal against the vessels \u201cbelonging to the child-killing, aggressor US military that had been harassing Iranian vessels and participating in the blockade,\u201d the Corps said in a statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Iran&#8217;s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force announces that it has attacked, with several ballistic missiles, an aircraft carrier and a destroyer belonging to the child-killing US Navy, which had been harassing Iranian ships and participating in the naval blockade <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/nGwrbh66bn\">pic.twitter.com\/nGwrbh66bn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Press TV \uf53b (@PressTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PressTV\/status\/2096370509055213682?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter sustaining damage and fearing another reprisal, the two warships were forced to flee the area of engagement,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2018US admission proof of IRGC\u2019s capability\u2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The US Central Command, meanwhile, acknowledged that the vessels had come under \u201cmultiple\u201d Iranian strikes.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to the admission, the IRGC noted how the \u201caggressor enemy, which for years had swaggered around the region with false pride and hollow claims, was today forced to officially acknowledge that two US Navy warships had come under strikes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCENTCOM&#8217;s acknowledgment confirming this operation is living evidence of the enemy&#8217;s strategic defeat and proof of the IRGC\u2019s offensive capabilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>IRGC vows further responses<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The IRGC, meanwhile, asserted that the Corps and the rest of Iran\u2019s Armed Forces remained committed to defending the Islamic Republic\u2019s sovereignty and security.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShould the hostile and aggressive actions continue, the US regime must expect devastating responses from the Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic. We stand stronger than ever. Victory belongs to the resilient people of Islamic Iran, while defeat and regret are the inevitable fate of the aggressors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Corps expressed confidence that the bravery displayed by the Armed Forces alongside the strong nationwide popular support for the country\u2019s defensive and retaliatory operations would \u201cprevent the enemy from achieving its sinister objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, the IRGC had unveiled previously unreleased footage of its decisive action against non-compliant vessels in the Strait of Hormuz, debunking the United States\u2019 allegations of effectively supporting trespassing vessels\u2019 transit through the waterway.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.co.uk\/Detail\/2026\/09\/05\/775750\/Iran-IRGC-video-strikes-ships-Hormuz-Strait-of-Hormuz-Trump-Hegseth-Cooper\">https:\/\/www.presstv.co.uk\/Detail\/2026\/09\/05\/775750\/Iran-IRGC-video-strikes-ships-Hormuz-Strait-of-Hormuz-Trump-Hegseth-Cooper<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States is the greatest threat to the security of regional countries and maritime trade; US support and escort operations are nothing but a big lie!\u201d the IRGC had cautioned.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to the release of the footage, the Corps had also announced striking three United States-linked vessels and three trespassing oil tankers in retaliation for earlier American attacks on Iranian tankers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.co.uk\/Detail\/2026\/09\/05\/775751\/Iran-IRGC-ballistic-missiles-launch-American-aircraft-carrier-destroyer\">Source\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>\u2018Forced To Flee\u2019: Iran\u2019s Shock Missile Attack On US Aircraft Carrier &amp; Destroyer In Hormuz<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Times of India \u2013 Sept 6, 2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FOXcjq_og5E?si=xzaRaASSq5Mkefzv\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8212;<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran\u2019s Revolutionary guards claims its missiles had forced US Navy vessels to flee from imposing a blockade in the Strait of Hormuz <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":39262,"featured_media":327767,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51,146],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-330800","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-Iran","category-iran-u-s-israel-war"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330800","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/39262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=330800"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330800\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":330804,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/330800\/revisions\/330804"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/327767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=330800"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=330800"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=330800"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}