Project Freedom: Iran's Regime Fires at US Protecting Commercial Vessels in Strait of Hormuz, US Sinks 6 IRGC Gunboats

Jerry Dunleavy : May 5, 2026
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[JustTheNews.com] Iran launched missiles at US military ships and the United Arab Emirates, and American forces returned fire amid a fragile ceasefire. But Monday's volley exposed the increasingly limited options Tehran faces with a severely diminished military and economy as it tries to counter the US Navy's assistance to commercial ships passing through the Strait of Hormuz. While Tehran managed to damage a South Korean tanker and an oil facility in UAE, it suffered the loss of seven gunboats sunk by US return fire and faces increasingly dire circumstances as its drilling wells are near bursting because there is nowhere to ship its oil, experts said. "This is all sort of coming down to, I believe, the final days here," former Deputy National Security Advisor Victoria Coates told Just the News... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here Click Here to read. (Screengrab image: via Central Command /Fox News)