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Iran Further Escalates Attacks in the Strait of Hormuz. Two Ships Were Sunk in a Day.
The attacks follow new Iranian tactics aimed at disrupting shipping and pressuring oil markets ahead of the U.S. midterms.
- Two cargo ships sank in the Strait of Hormuz over the past day, struck by projectiles in separate incidents as Iran escalates attacks on regional shipping.
- Iran announced on Friday it would escalate hostilities, threatening to pursue vessels that don't transit approved routes 'throughout the entire region.' Tehran uses unarmed spotters in small boats to identify targets.
- Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps chief Ali Ozmaei declared Wednesday that Tehran is 'impatient to sink American warships,' adding "We are counting down every moment until this happens."
- Senior security official Mohsen Rezaei publicly threatened the United Arab Emirates, while Iranian officials warned that Saudi oil facilities could also be targeted as Tehran weighs conflict expansion.
- The Wall Street Journal reported that Tehran is weighing options to expand the war, including deploying ground troops to regional countries to prevent American officials from lowering oil prices.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Shin Jae-woo = Two cargo ships owned by an United Arab Emirates (UAE) shipping company that were attacked in the Strait of Hormuz sank one after another within the last 24 hours...
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Containers and dry cargo hit by Iran sunk in the area of the Strait of Ormuz on Wednesday, reports The Guardian.
On Wednesday, 14 October 2026, international maritime officials and bodies reported the sinking of a container ship and a dry cargo ship near the Strait of Hormuz within 24 hours...
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