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🚨🇮🇷🇺🇸 IRGC claims a supertanker carrying 2 million barrels of crude hit a mine and exploded in Hormuz... and says the ship was running dark with US military support The Guard's navy told IRGC-tied Tasnim that the vessel took an "unauthorised" route with its tracking and radar sw
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WHY IT MATTERS.
IRGC declaring Hormuz closed would force rerouting and insurance repricing, tightening crude supply.
Hormuz closure rhetoric escalates
Independent confirmation of closure
Claim is IRGC-sourced and unverified
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🚨🇮🇷🇺🇸 IRGC claims a supertanker carrying 2 million barrels of crude hit a mine and exploded in Hormuz... and says the ship was running dark with US military support The Guard's navy told IRGC-tied Tasnim that the vessel took an "unauthorised" route with its tracking and radar switched off, hit a mine, and is now burning, and it added a line for the insurers: "The Strait of Hormuz is closed." Source: Tasnim, CENTCOM / Writer: Daniel
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