US carrier Abraham Lincoln "struck" by 4 ballistic missiles

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have claimed that they attacked the aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in the Gulf after the US and Israeli strikes killed the country's supreme leader, Ayatollah Khamenei.

"The US aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln was struck by four ballistic missiles," the Guards said in a statement carried by local media.

They said "the land and sea will increasingly become the graveyard of the terrorist aggressors".

The claim that the US carrier was struck by ballistic missiles could not be independently verified.

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) in a post on X said its forces struck an Iranian Jamaran-class corvette during the start of Operation Epic Fury.

The Iranian consulate in Hyderabad in a post on X today said four drones struck a merchant ship carrying ammunition for American warships at the Jebel Ali anchorage. The ship was completely disabled with damage and explosions, Iran said.

"The American naval base in the Abdullah Mubarak area of Kuwait was hit by four ballistic missiles and 12 drones, and all the infrastructure was destroyed, and a large number of American forces were killed and injured," it said.