Trump’s mess, allies bleed: Iran strikes back after US attack on Iran-bound ship amid Hormuz chaos

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims it carried out a missile strike on the commercial vessel MSC Sariska near Iraq’s Umm Qasr port, describing the operation as retaliation for a reported U.S. attack on the Iran-bound ship Lian Star in the Sea of Oman. Tehran says the vessel was targeted with a cruise missile and warned that any future military action against Iranian interests would trigger a decisive response. The alleged strike adds to growing tensions across regional waterways, where shipping routes have increasingly become flashpoints in the broader confrontation involving Iran, the United States, and Israel.