The US has turned away two Iranian tankers at the entrance to the Gulf of Oman.

Iranian oil tankers were unable to enter the Gulf of Oman. According to Marine Traffic, a real-time vessel monitoring resource, the American blockade was in effect.

American ships continue to block the exit from the Strait of Hormuz, stopping only those vessels departing from or heading to Iranian ports. Other tankers, including those on sanctions lists, pass freely through the blockade. However, according to some reports, on the night between Monday and Tuesday, one Iranian tanker did pass through the Gulf of Oman and entered the Arabian Sea.

Two tankers, allegedly belonging to Iran, were stopped in the Gulf of Oman by the Americans. No detentions were made; they were simply turned back and sent back. As previously reported, the US deployed 15 ships at the exit from Hormuz, including an aircraft carrier, several destroyers, and landing ships.

Meanwhile, experts predict a rise in oil prices amid the US blockade, which has been added to the Iranian one. According to US Energy Secretary Chris Wright, oil prices will rise and peak in a few weeks. And if the Hormuz Sea remains open and shipping is not restored, prices will rise even further.

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[TermNachTer]

Let's see how long the engine life of the mattress troughs will last.

[Dobrynya Nikitich]

Two Iranian ships passed through the Strait of Hormuz despite the American blockade, ToI reports.

At least two ships using Iranian ports have passed through the Strait of Hormuz despite a US military blockade.

The Liberian-flagged bulk carrier Christiana passed through the strategically important strait after unloading corn at the Iranian port of Bandar Imam Khomeini, passing the Iranian island of Larak two hours after the US began the blockade.

The second ship, the tanker Elpis, flying the Comoros flag, also passed through the strait during the blockade.

So it goes...

[KCA]

They should have raised the Chinese flag on the tankers, they would have seen Trump's bells jingle, otherwise tariffs are vulgar, but fighting with China's ballistic missiles is no fun.

[Nexcom]

...and meanwhile (as they say), little brother Sanja Vučić set up a drone manufacturing facility in Serbia with kosher people. You were probably impressed by how the kosher people were attacking Palestinians and Persians with those drones.
Y-yeah... One word - a top-class equilibrist.

So, I'm starting to feel worse and worse about him after these multi-chair straddle-like scenes... I hope he doesn't end up joining Epstein and the kosher Persians in beating up the Persians...
but, by the way, if this happens, I won’t be surprised....

[Andriuha077]

Two empty supertankers, Agios Fanourios I and Shalamar, changed course and turned around at the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz.
The third tanker, Mombasa B, transited between Larak and Qeshm islands along a route approved by Iranian authorities, but has not yet indicated its final destination. The reasons for the two vessels' maneuver remain unclear—Iraq and Pakistan had previously received transit permission from Iran, but the reversal occurred simultaneously with the collapse of negotiations in Islamabad.

Saudi Arabia is pressuring Trump to lift the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, warning it could encourage the Houthis to escalate.
No American aircraft carrier has transited the Bab el-Mandeb Strait since the Eisenhower in December 2023.

[Nemchinov Vl]

I wonder who will be the third (after the Persians and the US) to decide to block the strait...?! "their national interests" Who else is in line to be a peacekeeper?