At Least 50 Iranian Tankers Are Stuck in the Gulf as U.S. Blockade Holds
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At Least 50 Iranian Tankers Are Stuck in the Gulf as U.S. Blockade Holds
The U.S. blockade on Iranian oil exports has so far stranded at least 50 Iranian tankers laden with oil inside the Persian Gulf near Iran’s coastline, U.S.-based non-profit and non-partisan policy organization United Against Nuclear Iran (UANI) said in its latest shipping update this week. After the collapse of the ‘deal to make a deal’, the U.S. Navy reinstated in mid-July the blockade in the Gulf of Oman outside the Strait of Hormuz to force I…
The United States has diverted 130 merchant ships and destroyed 13 vessels in its ongoing naval blockade of Iran, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) said, announcing that on October 5, American forces had stopped the 130th ship in the Middle East region. According to the command, the blockade against ships trying to enter or leave Iranian ports was resumed on July 14. CENTCOM claims that the 13 merchant ships destroyed were either violating the re…
US Blockade Bottles Up Dozens of Iranian Tankers, Nonprofit Says
The US blockade of Iran is keeping dozens of laden tankers bottled up along the nation’s coast, while others outside the Persian Gulf are holding off Sri Lanka, according to United Against Nuclear Iran.
Since the resumption of the blockade on Iran, the United States military has destroyed 13 merchant ships that, according to Washington, attempted to break the naval blockade or were part of the "shadow network" of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, reported to the Central Command of the United States Armed Forces (CENTCOM). In addition, since 14 July, when the blockade was renewed, the United States military has diverted 130 merchant ships a…
In the past 12 weeks, the American Armed Forces have destroyed 13 commercial vessels that, in violation of the embargo on Iran, were heading to or leaving its ports, reported to the US Central Command of the US Armed Forces in the Middle East (CENTCOM). "In the past 12 weeks, CENTCOM forces have destroyed 13 commercial vessels that violated the embargo or were part of the multibillion-dollar shadow network of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corp…
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