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’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
