Iran Attacks US Tanker in Gulf, Hits Several Other Ships

The incidents come amid escalating military tensions threatening energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.

Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard claimed it had attacked the Safesea Vishnu, a ship flagged in the Marshall Islands, off Iraq, releasing a video that purports to show the moment the ship was attacked.

A U.S.-owned crude oil tanker came under attack near Iraq’s southern coast on March 11, killing one crew member, the Indian Embassy in Baghdad said on March 12.

Regional government bodies and maritime security centers also reported March 11 strikes on multiple commercial vessels in the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.