EVENT INFORMATION

24
July
1987

U.S. reflagged tanker convoy operations begin in the Gulf

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📅 24 July 1987 📍 Iran

The United States began Operation Earnest Will to escort Kuwaiti tankers after Kuwait sought protection during the Tanker War. From Iran’s perspective, the deployment expanded U.S. military involvement in the Gulf while Washington said it was protecting neutral shipping. The operation increased the risk of direct U.S.–Iran clashes.

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U.S. Navy

Kuwaiti government

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United States

Kuwait

Iran

Iraq