US CENTCOM disables tanker carrying Iranian oil in Gulf of Oman

The US Central Command (CENTCOM) has disabled an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, which Washington claims was attempting to transport Iranian oil in violation of an existing maritime blockade.

It said, in a post on X, that the incident occurred at 23:20 Eastern Time and targeted the M/T Jalveer, a Guinea-Bissau-flagged tanker, Caliber.Az reports.

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The statement noted that after repeated warnings from US forces were ignored, the vessel was struck with two Hellfire missiles targeting its engine room.

By Bakhtiyar Abbasov