U.S. Strikes Iran-Linked Tanker Near Kharg Island

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U.S. forces disabled an Iran-linked sanctioned oil tanker near Kharg Island, Iran's key oil export terminal, as part of an expanded naval blockade in the Persian Gulf. This move heightens tensions amid renewed U.S. efforts to enforce sanctions on Iran.

U.S. forces have struck and disabled an Iran-linked sanctioned oil tanker near Iran’s key export terminal, Kharg Island, deep in the Persian Gulf, the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) said early on Thursday, as the U.S. appears to be broadening the scope of the renewed blockade on Iran. “U.S. forces enforced naval blockade measures against Iran on July 15 by disabling an unladen oil tanker attempting to sail toward an Iranian port in the Arabian Gulf,” CENTCOM said, after U.S. forces resumed the naval blockade against vessels transiting…