THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - U.S. Navy Strikes Oil Tanker Amid Renewed Iran Blockade.
Iranian oil exports face renewed pressure as U.S. sanctions tighten following regional tensions and Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian oil exports face renewed pressure as U.S. sanctions tighten following regional tensions and Iranian attacks on ships in the Strait of Hormuz. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The United States struck the oil tanker Belma in the Persian Gulf after the vessel allegedly ignored repeated warnings while heading toward Iran’s oil export terminal on Kharg Island , according to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM). CENTCOM said an aircraft disabled the tanker by firing Hellfire missiles into its smokestack as part of renewed enforcement of a naval blockade on Iranian ports ordered by President Donald J. Trump following a series of Iranian attacks on commercial shipping in the Strait of Hormuz . DETAIL: The blockade, which had previously been…Open