Iranian state television confirmed today that “another” A ship is burning in the Strait of Hormuz after being hit by a drone on the seventh day of the conflict between the United States and Israel with Iran, Agence France-Presse reported, quoted by BTA.
Iranian television did not specify the type of ship or the origin of the drone.
Earlier today, an Iranian military spokesman announced that an American oil tanker in the Gulf was “on fire“ after being hit by Iranian forces.
Meanwhile, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright announced that the US Navy would escort commercial ships attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz “as soon as it becomes reasonable“.
“As soon as it becomes reasonable, we will escort the ships through the strait and ensure that energy supplies can be restored,“ Wright said in a television interview „Fox News“.
Oil tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has fallen by 90% in the past week, „Kpler“ analyzes.
According to a publication today by JP Morgan, commercial traffic through the strait is „virtually non-existent, largely limited by Iranian vessels“.
The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps said yesterday that an Iranian missile had hit a US tanker in the Gulf.
A tanker anchored off the coast of Kuwait „exploded violently“ and began to leak oil after one of its tanks was damaged, the British Maritime Safety Agency reported.