An oil spill has reached Iran's Qeshm Island and a separate, far larger spill from a stricken Russian shadow fleet tanker is fouling Oman's southern coastline, as the war in the Gulf produces its first significant environmental fallout.

Environmental officials on Qeshm Island reported the spread of oil pollution from the island’s southern shores into the Hara (mangrove) ...

The vessel first reported distress off Yemen in early June following what maritime sources said appeared to be an explosion on board