US Destroys 5 Tankers, Iran Seizes Drone, Houthis Hit Saudi Arabia

The US-Iran War escalated sharply as American forces destroyed five Iranian oil tankers linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, while Iran claimed it had seized an advanced American underwater drone near the Strait of Hormuz.

At the same time, the Houthi movement launched a major missile and drone barrage against Saudi Arabia, striking energy infrastructure and military targets and wounding dozens. The attacks threaten to widen the war beyond Iran and the Strait of Hormuz, putting Saudi Arabia's oil infrastructure and global energy markets under further pressure.

In this episode of Epic Fury, we examine the latest escalation in the tanker war, Iran's claims over the captured American underwater vehicle, and the growing Houthi front in Yemen and Saudi Arabia.

We also examine the deepening political crisis inside Iran, where former President Hassan Rouhani's calls for an end to the war have triggered an increasingly aggressive backlash from hardline factions and Iranian media.

Plus: Britain's new sanctions on Iran, the latest US pressure campaign, rising oil prices, disruption to shipping through the Strait of Hormuz, the upcoming US-mediated Lebanon talks, and the growing economic and military costs of the conflict.

This is the latest analysis of the US-Iran war, the IRGC, the Strait of Hormuz, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, the Houthis, Israel, Lebanon, and the wider Middle East conflict.

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