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Iran Steps up Hormuz Surveillance: Attacks Soar, Oil Flows Crash Again
Maritime monitors said 24 vessels were hit in two weeks, while Gulf oil flows fell about 43% below pre-conflict levels, Kpler reported.
- On Sunday, October 11, six commercial ships were struck by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz, marking the highest number of successful maritime attacks reported on any single day since the war began.
- Tehran escalated attack tempo to disrupt the recent recovery in Gulf oil supply, with analyst Barun Gupta suggesting Iran aims to increase pressure before the U.S. midterm elections.
- Data indicates 24 ships were hit in the two weeks leading to Sunday, while the International Maritime Organization reports 24 seafarer deaths in the area since the conflict began on February 28.
- Daily oil transit through the waterway collapsed to 2.9 million barrels on October 11, threatening the rebound in energy exports that had recovered to more than 81 percent of pre-war levels.
- U.S. Central Command rejected Iranian assertions of control over the strait, maintaining that American forces continue assisting regional partners in shipping more than 19 million barrels of crude oil.
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Iran Has Become Aggressive: They Are Continuously Bombing the Strait of Hormuz, Traffic Is Paralyzed
Iran has deployed new naval units to the Strait of Hormuz, while the number of attacks on commercial ships has increased to a level not seen since the start of the US-Israeli war in February, and oil shipments have fallen dramatically, Al Jazeera reported.
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Iran attacks tankers daily in the Strait of Hormus. Six ships in one day are a record. Tehran is fighting for control of the important oil route.
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is going through the most intense period since the beginning of the US and Israeli strikes on Iran
Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is going through the most intense period since the beginning of the US and Israeli strikes on Iran.In two weeks, 24 attacks on ships were recorded, and on Sunday, six at once, according to the Financial Times.This...
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