U.S. forces disabled an Iran-linked oil tanker near Kharg Island as Washington intensified enforcement of its renewed naval blockade against Iran.

Iran’s covert tankers manoeuvre to keep oil flowing as US blockade returns

The United States on early Thursday (local time Wednesday) disabled an oil tanker attempting to reach an Iranian port, marking the first commercial vessel targeted since…

U.S. Central Command said it disabled an oil tanker headed toward Kharg Island, the distribution point for 90% of Iran’s oil.

The operation so deep within the gulf, far from the Strait of Hormuz, may signal the US is widening the scope from its first blockade