From The Hindu
Center-Left Owned by Kasturi & Sons Ltd.Iran Guards say two tankers caught fire in Hormuz
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The United States has created a 20‑member task force, called Task Force Iron Gate, under CENTCOM, to disrupt land and Caspian Sea routes used to move weapons, sanctioned materials and other restricted goods into Iran. The team will coordinate with other U.S. agencies to find ways to block these shipments. The effort builds on an existing U.S. naval blockade of Iranian ports that has been in place during an eight‑month conflict in which Tehran has also limited passage through the Strait of Hormuz.
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left · 2 outlets
Since the outbreak of the West Asia war on February 28, Tehran has sought to limit traffic through the strategic waterway, which normally carries about one-fifth of global oil consumption
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center · 3 outlets
JERUSALEM: U.S. Central Command said late Saturday it disabled a St. Kitts-flagged ship after it ignored multiple warnings and attempted to leave the region after visiting an Iranian port. U.S. forces have been enforcing a naval blockade on Iran for months in and around the Strait of Hormuz, a…
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The restrictions would expand on a US naval blockade of Iranian ports during the two countries' eight-month war, in which Tehran has also restricted passage through the critical Strait of Hormuz trade route, choking global energy supplies.
— NDTV
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Since the outbreak of the West Asia war on February 28, Tehran has sought to limit traffic through the strategic waterway, which normally carries about one-fifth of global oil consumption
