US strikes Iranian oil tankers while awaiting Tehran response on peace plan. military on Friday said its forces struck and “disabled” two Iranian-flagged oil tankers to stop them pulling into an Iranian port on the Gulf of Oman. was anticipating an answer from Iran on a peace proposal. … The hope is it’s something that can put us into a serious process of negotiation,” he said. would “knock [Iran] out a lot harder, and a lot more violently,” if Tehran does not accept a peace deal.