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US Navy Responds As Iran Attempts Tanker Seizures, Shots Fired

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Wires reporting comments from the US Navy Fifth Fleet spox claiming that the Iranian navy has sought to seize two commercial tankers crossing the Gulf of Oman. US Navy states that it respondent, preventing the seizure. Spox adds that the Iranian naval vessel fired shots during the second attempted seizure.

  • These are the first incidents to take place in the region since Iran seized control of two oil tankers in April/May, resulting in an increase of the US Navy's presencearound the Gulf of Oman and Strait of Hormuz.
  • While the seizures are not isolated events, they carry a significant risk of escalating sharply. With live rounds being fired the prospect of escalation through miscalculation, either on the Iranian or US side, is high.

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