US fires on Iranian oil tanker as Trump pressures Tehran for deal to end war
CENTCOM said the tanker ignored repeated warnings before an F/A-18 Super Hornet disabled its rudder with 20mm cannon fire.
- On Wednesday, an American fighter jet shot out the rudder of an Iranian oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman as it attempted to breach the U.S. blockade, the American military stated.
- President Donald Trump announced Tuesday he was pausing 'Project Freedom,' a U.S. effort to force open a safe shipping lane through the Strait of Hormuz, to pursue a potential agreement with Tehran on ending the war.
- Hundreds of merchant ships remain bottled up in the Persian Gulf, with the strait's shutdown costing around $60 million per week, while the spot price of Brent crude oil eased to around $100 per barrel Wednesday.
- The United States and Iran appear closer to an agreement ending the war, though Trump warned that if Tehran does not agree to terms, 'the bombing starts' at a much higher intensity.
- Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi expressed his country was 'deeply distressed' by the conflict as Tehran and Washington continue negotiations ahead of Trump's planned summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing on May 14.
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US strikes Iranian tanker 'attempting to violate blockade'
The United States Central Command, CENTCOM, says its forces fired on and disabled an Iranian-flagged tanker around 9 a.m. ET Wednesday in the Gulf of Oman. CENTCOM made this disclosure on Wednesday in a press release, stating that the empty tanker was attempting to sail to an Iranian port after repeated warnings. “US Central Command, CENTCOM, forces observed M/T Hasna as it transited international waters enroute to an Iranian port on the Gulf of…
"Hasna is no longer transiting to Iran": US fires on Iranian oil tanker as Trump pressures Tehran for deal to end war
Washington: The US military fired on an Iranian oil tanker Wednesday as President Donald Trump sought to pressure Tehran into reaching a deal to end the war. The Islamic Republic said it was reviewing the latest American proposals.A fighter jet shot out the rudder of the tanker in the Gulf of Oman as it tried to breach the American blockade of Iran's ports, US Central Command said in a social media post.US Central Command (CENTCOM) said it obser…
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