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Iran’s IRGC Targets Seven Oil Tankers in Hormuz
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard navy reportedly attacked oil tankers in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran’s Fars news agency said at least seven tankers were targeted in five days.
It called the tankers “violating,” but the report does not explain what rules they allegedly broke.
Fars cited an independent military observer for the reported attacks.
The vessels named included tankers from Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates.
US President Donald Trump said the war would end soon.
He also predicted that oil prices would fall after the conflict.
The article says Iran restricted passage through the strait after US and Israeli strikes on Iran.
Fars reported that Iran’s IRGC Navy targeted at least seven oil tankers it called “violating” in the Strait of Hormuz over five days.
Fars, citing military observer MenchOsint, said two tankers were struck on Friday and five others over the preceding four days.
The reported vessels included two Kuwaiti tankers and three vessels from the United Arab Emirates.
Donald Trump said the war with Iran would end “very quickly” and predicted oil prices would fall sharply afterward.
The article says Iran tightened passage restrictions on February 28 after joint US-Israeli strikes on Iranian territory.
- Who
- Iran’s IRGC Navy; the reported vessels included Kuwaiti and United Arab Emirates tankers.
- What
- Fars reported that at least seven oil tankers were targeted in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Where
- The Strait of Hormuz.
- When
- Over five days; two tankers were reportedly struck on Friday. Iran tightened passage restrictions on February 28.
- Why
- The article says Iran restricted safe passage for vessels belonging to or affiliated with Israel and the United States after joint strikes on Iranian territory.
Iranian actions and restrictions
US claims and forecasts
Control and passage in the Strait
Iranian actions and restrictions
Fars reported IRGC Navy attacks on tankers it called “violating”; the article says Iran barred safe passage for vessels linked to Israel and the United States.
US claims and forecasts
Fars said the attacks occurred despite Trump’s repeated claims that the Strait of Hormuz was open and under US control.
Iran’s military position and the war’s duration
Iranian actions and restrictions
The article reports continuing Iranian naval activity in the strait.
US claims and forecasts
Trump said Iran’s military had been defeated and predicted the conflict would end very quickly.
Key facts
- Reported number targeted
- At least seven oil tankers
- Reported period
- Five days
- Source of tanker report
- Fars, citing MenchOsint
- Kuwaiti vessels named
- Al FUNTAS and KAZIMAH III
- United Arab Emirates vessels named
- SINBAD, MERSIN PROSPERITY and AL RUWAIS
- Trump’s forecast
- He said the war would end very quickly and oil prices would fall sharply afterward.
- Restriction date
- February 28
Quotes
Donald Trump
US President
“And, one way or the other, it's going to end very quickly. And when that ends, oil prices are going to drop like a rock.”
thehansindia.com
“Iran will very soon be ending one way or the other.”
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