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♟️ US strikes on Iranian tankers are pulling the Gulf toward open war

♟️ US strikes on Iranian tankers are pulling the Gulf toward open war

Eight Iranian oil tankers destroyed or disabled in four days. Brent crude is closing in on $100 a barrel, Hormuz traffic has fallen to roughly 10 vessels a day, and Gulf states are hedging against a wider war.

CENTCOM tweet screenshot with grayscale video still of a ship labeled M/T DERYA, UNCLASSIFIED overlay, and smoke on deck.
CENTCOM’s Sept. 8 statement confirming five more Iranian crude carriers were destroyed after IRGC ballistic-missile attempts against a U.S. Navy warship, with no American personnel harmed. Source

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