US military strikes three Iranian oil tankers after missile attack on warships

{"heading_1":"Escalation in the Gulf of Oman","paragraph_1":"One of the strikes hit a wedding in southern Iran on Tuesday, killing four people, including a child, and injuring dozens, according to Iranian officials. The US vice-president, JD Vance, said 'sometimes things happen' when asked on Thursday whether an US strike was responsible for killing people at the wedding celebration.","paragraph_2":"The renewed strikes have also brought fresh scrutiny to a 28 February US attack in Minab that struck a school compound and killed at least 156 people, most of them schoolchildren. A preliminary US military inquiry reportedly found that the attack resulted from a targeting error after outdated coordinates identified the school as part of a nearby Revolutionary Guards naval base.","paragraph_3":"The Pentagon said at the time that it was investigating. A full report has not been made public.","heading_2":"Iran's Response","heading_3":"Casualties and Consequences"}