Posted on 03/08/2026 1:52:19 AM PST by Libloather
A commercial oil tanker was set ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz after it was struck by an Iranian suicide drone, the country’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said Saturday, with a US Navy mission to safeguard ships through the region possibly still weeks away.
The IRGC claimed the tanker — the Prima, sailing under a Maltese flag — had ignored repeated warnings not to enter the strait, according to Tasnim News Agency, Iran’s state media.
The flow of oil through the strait — one of the world’s most vital energy arteries connecting the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea which sees roughly 20 million barrels of oil, about 20% of global supply, pass through it daily — has ground to a near-total halt since Iran declared it closed at the start of the war.
As a result, US oil prices shot up $20 a barrel in just a week, surging to $90 a barrel Friday, sparking recession fears if the US doesn’t neutralize the IRGC’s threat in the region soon.
Late Saturday, President Trump downplayed concerns about spiking oil prices.
“That’ll get healed very quickly,” he said aboard Air Force One.
The president wouldn’t directly say what steps, if any, he planned to to take to tackle rising gas and oil prices — including authorizing a release from the country’s Strategic Petroleum Reserve.
“There were some I would do it, just to take a little of the pressure off. But I think that – the oil pressure, but there’s a lot of oil. We’ve got a lot of oil,” he said.
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Why is there an effective Iranian blockade?
Are they not targets?
They should have been blown to smithereenies...
If Iran’s capabilities are so degraded how are they able to blockade anything?
“If Iran’s capabilities are so degraded how are they able to blockade anything?”
With land based cruise missiles which fire into the gulf.
Obviously the bombing is only scratching the surface, get busy folks and increase the sorties and missile launches to the next order of magnitude.
All other news sources I see that are even carrying the story are reporting Iran “claims” they struck an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.
Fox and other “reputable” outlets aren’t even reporting this.
If it had happened im positive Fox would talking about it.
Probably just another bs lie from the Iranians’ to cause chaos.
Wouldn’t be the first time the ny post went off half cooked and reported something inaccurate.
Because after all, it’s all about the CLICKS.
“If Iran’s capabilities are so degraded how are they able to blockade anything?”
There’s an entirely different take in the reporting of this war, and I’ll leave it at that.
” ...If it had happened im positive Fox would talking about it.”
The Democrats would be celebrating it.
Yeah, I see the source of the claim is the IRGC, so not so reliable.
Oh yeah, that would be the best indicator.
Can’t give Trump a win even if it means the whole world is in peril.
They are truly evil.
No such vessel found on Vessel Finder, under Maltese flag.
That’s what I’m thinkin’. Fake news.
Why is there an effective Iranian blockade?
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How difficult is it to institute destroyer escorts? Additionally, where are the electronic jammers for the drones? Where are those new fangled laser guns?
Yeah!
All that stuff!
Interesting. Thanks posters.
Seize the islands and coastal areas around the strait. Build a base like Guantanimo Bay there.
The missiles are hidden under the surface or burrowed into the cliffs
Ny post.....the daily mail of the US.
Accuracy in News reporting is all but dead.
See my post 6
Pics?
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