ReportedMilitary & securityNear Kargan port, Hormozgan, Iran
US destroys two Iranian boats it says tried to seize a Navy drone; Iran says fishermen
- Mountain Time
- Local time
- 12:15 AM in Tehran, Sep 15
- Where
- Near Kargan port, Hormozgan, Iran
Hormozgan's deputy governor said a drone struck two fishing boats near Kargan port and fishermen were missing. CENTCOM said Iranian small boats had tried to take a US unmanned surface vessel and failed 'after CENTCOM forcefully responded'; Axios, citing US officials, reported a US drone fired two missiles that destroyed both boats and killed everyone aboard.
Why it matters
It was a lethal US-Iran clash at sea over unmanned systems, with Tehran portraying the dead as civilian fishermen.
Sources (5)
- Haaretzhaaretz.com
- Times of Israeltimesofisrael.com
- Al Jazeera live blogaljazeera.comPublished
- Al Jazeera live blog (2)aljazeera.comPublished
- Stars and Stripesstripes.comPublished
Confidence: Published by a named news organization. Not yet independently confirmed. About confidence labels
Correction
- Corrected the time from 12:03 AM Tehran time, Sep 15, 2026 to 12:15 AM Tehran time, Sep 15, 2026; corrected the headline (it read "Two fishing boats hit by drones off southern Iran, several fishermen reported missing"); revised the summary; revised the context note; corrected the location from Southern Iran coastal waters to Near Kargan port, Hormozgan, Iran; reclassified it from military-incident to military-strike; updated the sourcing note; merged a duplicate entry into this one ("US Navy destroys two IRGC boats attempting to seize American drone in Hormuz"); added 3 sources: Al Jazeera live blog, Stars and Stripes. Why and evidence