Iran Expands Tanker Assaults Beyond Narrow Confines Of Hormuz In Rare Escalation

Fragile US-Iran Interim Peace Deal Tested As 3rd Ship Attack Reignites Hormuz Crisis Summary:  Three maritime incidents reported on Hormuz in last 24 hours  Another unidentified vessel hit by a Drone IRGC forces hit a Saudi Tanker  IRGC forces hit a Qatari LNG tanker IRGC forces hit a Qatari LNG tanker, a Saudi crude tanker, and an unidentified vessel in the Hormuz shipping channel in the last 24 hours. Earlier, we reported that a fully loaded Qatari LNG tanker was struck by a projectile near the Omani coast while exiting the Strait of Hormuz. Bloomberg later reported...

Iran Launches 'Brazen' Attacks On More Tankers In Hormuz, Killing Sailors, After Araghchi Mocked Trump's Toll Plan The battle for Hormuz has ramped up after the United States has undertaken three consecutive nights of major bombing raids against Iranian targets. All the while President Trump is said to be "very serious" about his plan to impose a 20% toll on cargo transiting through the Strait of Hormuz, a Semafor report says, citing a White House official who says the president has desired such a plan for months. Both warring sides are insisting...

Washington has a plan for Iran. According to a source close to the White House, the plan is to seize one or more of Iran’s islands in the Persian Gulf. Senator Chris Murphy, who says he has been briefed on what the administration intends to do after Tuesday’s midterms, summed it up this week in […]