India, March 5 -- After the sinking of Iranian warship IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed on Thursday, that it has struck an American oil tanker in the northern Persian Gulf.

Iran's Mehr news agency reported an IRGC statement which claims the Iranian Navy struck the US oil tanker in the northern Persian Gulf on early Thursday, setting it ablaze.

An official statement from the US government regarding the same is awaited.

This is a developing story.

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