US-Iran naval tensions rise after Gulf of Oman incident | | AW

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49% : AFP Iran says it obtained a court order for the seizure of the Richmond Voyager tanker after it collided with an Iranian vessel in the Gulf of Oman, according to the official IRINN news agency.
48% : Vice-Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of US Naval Forces Central Command, cited "the exceptional effort by the McFaul crew for immediately responding and preventing another seizure". Since 2019, there has been a series of attacks on shipping in strategic Gulf waters at times of tension between the United States and Iran.
48% : Iran seized two oil tankers in a week just over a month ago, the US Navy said.
42% : The US Navy said it had intervened to prevent Iran from seizing two commercial tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday.
42% : The US Navy said Wednesday it had intervened to prevent Iran from seizing two commercial tankers in the Gulf of Oman, in the latest in a series of attacks on ships in the area since 2019.
40% : According to an announcement cited by IRINN from the Maritime Search and Rescue Centre of Hormozgan Province, Iran, a Bahamas-flagged oil tanker named Richmond Voyager collided with an Iranian vessel carrying seven crew members, seriously injuring five people.
37% : About a fifth of the world's supply of seaborne crude oil and oil products passes through the Strait of Hormuz, a choke-point between Iran and Oman, according to data from analytics firm Vortexa.
36% : "Since 2021, Iran has harassed, attacked or seized nearly 20 internationally-flagged merchant vessels, presenting a clear threat to regional maritime security and the global economy," the Navy statement added.

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