U.S. Rejects Iran’s Mine Claim as Hormuz Shipping Threat Remains Severe
- The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed the tanker El Gaia hit a sea mine and exploded, but the U.S. military dismissed this and reported the vessel was hit by an Iranian missile and later a drone attack near Oman waters.
- The Strait of Hormuz remains a significant threat to shipping, with oil flows well below prewar levels of about 20 million barrels per day despite U.S. claims of safety and volume.
- U.S. officials provide varying estimates of current oil transit volume, ranging from 9 million to over 17 million barrels per day, while independent trackers report lower averages between 6.5 and 8 million barrels daily.
- U.S. forces have assisted over 1,600 vessels carrying more than 800 million barrels of crude since May, while the closure of the East-West pipeline due to a drone attack reduces alternative export routes, worsening shipping threats.
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Oil tanker has exploded in Strait of Hormuz, says Iran’s IRGC
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said late on Monday that an oil tanker had struck a sea mine and exploded in the Strait of Hormuz. The tanker El Gaia was travelling along the southern route through the strait, which was mined by Iran, state broadcaster IRIB reported, citing the IRGC. The entire vessel went up in flames following the detonation of the mine, it said. The US military rejected that account. “The Panama-flagged oil ta…
Trump stated that countries should compensate the US for the cost of protecting tankers passing through the Strait of Ormuz, where oil is transported.
An oil tanker attempted to sail through the Strait of Hormuz via the south and struck naval mines, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRG) reports, according to news agency Fars. An explosion reportedly occurred and the ship caught fire. It is unclear exactly when the incident took place.
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps reported that the supertanker El GAIA hit a mine. CENTCOM accuses Iran of lying and that the tanker is being towed. The post Tanker hit a mine, Iran says, and closes the Strait of Hormuz – CENTCOM: The Iranians hit it appeared first on in.gr.
Iran has mined parts of the economically important strait. Now a tanker on the southern route has gone to a mine and exploded in flames, Iranian media report, citing the Revolutionary Guards.
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