Iranian gunboats have fired on a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, British military says
Iran’s military said 20% of global oil flows through the strait remain under strict control as ships turned back after gunfire.
- Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps gunboats fired on at least one ship in the Strait of Hormuz, though the vessels and crews remained safe according to the UK Maritime Trade Operations.
- Iran's military declared the Strait of Hormuz closed to all shipping again, citing repeated breaches of trust by the United States and reinstating strict control over vessel passages.
- Multiple commercial tankers, including four Indian and two Greek vessels, were unable to cross the strait due to Iran's military restrictions and warnings, with some turning back.
- The closure has stranded hundreds of ships and about 20,000 seafarers in the Gulf, disrupting roughly 20% of global oil and liquefied natural gas flows.
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According to the British maritime security agency UKMTO, the Islamic Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) boats fired at one of the ships without any radio warnings.
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