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Targeting tankers: Photos of Iranian strikes on oil shipping

Published 01 Apr, 2026 01:13pm 1 min read
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have warned that ships passing through the narrow Strait will be targeted, a vital waterway through which roughly a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas normally passes. – Reuters
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have warned that ships passing through the narrow Strait will be targeted, a vital waterway through which roughly a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas normally passes. – Reuters
Damage to the Kuwait-flagged Al Salmi crude oil tanker off the UAE coast. – Reuters
Damage to the Kuwait-flagged Al Salmi crude oil tanker off the UAE coast. – Reuters
Damage to the Kuwait-flagged Al Salmi crude oil tanker in an Iranian strike. – Reuters
Damage to the Kuwait-flagged Al Salmi crude oil tanker in an Iranian strike. – Reuters
A foreign tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil damaged after catching fire in Iraq’s territorial waters, following unidentified attacks, near Basra, Iraq. – Reuters
A foreign tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil damaged after catching fire in Iraq’s territorial waters, following unidentified attacks, near Basra, Iraq. – Reuters
A ship illuminated by fire from a burning vessel, after Iranian explosive-laden boats attacked two fuel tankers in Iraqi waters setting them ablaze. – Reuters
A ship illuminated by fire from a burning vessel, after Iranian explosive-laden boats attacked two fuel tankers in Iraqi waters setting them ablaze. – Reuters
A foreign tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil damaged after catching fire in Iraq’s territorial waters near Basra, Iraq. – Reuters
A foreign tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil damaged after catching fire in Iraq’s territorial waters near Basra, Iraq. – Reuters
A foreign tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil damaged after catching fire in Iraq’s territorial waters near Basra, Iraq. – Reuters
A foreign tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil damaged after catching fire in Iraq’s territorial waters near Basra, Iraq. – Reuters
A foreign tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil damaged after catching fire off Basra, Iraq. – Reuters
A foreign tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil damaged after catching fire off Basra, Iraq. – Reuters
A rescuer guides a man out of a lifeboat after Iranian explosive-laden boats attacked two fuel tankers in Iraqi waters. – Reuters
A rescuer guides a man out of a lifeboat after Iranian explosive-laden boats attacked two fuel tankers in Iraqi waters. – Reuters
A damaged tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil after catching fire in Iraq’s territorial waters. – Reuters
A damaged tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil after catching fire in Iraq’s territorial waters. – Reuters
A fire aboard the cargo ship Mayuree Naree in the Strait of Hormuz, approximately 11 nautical miles north of Oman. – Reuters
A fire aboard the cargo ship Mayuree Naree in the Strait of Hormuz, approximately 11 nautical miles north of Oman. – Reuters
The Thailand-flagged cargo ship Mayuree Naree engulfed in black smoke in the Strait of Hormuz, approximately 11 nautical miles north of Oman. – Reuters
The Thailand-flagged cargo ship Mayuree Naree engulfed in black smoke in the Strait of Hormuz, approximately 11 nautical miles north of Oman. – Reuters
A damaged tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil after catching fire in Iraq’s territorial waters. – Reuters
A damaged tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil after catching fire in Iraq’s territorial waters. – Reuters
A man looks out at a tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil after catching fire following an attack in Iraqi territorial waters off Basra, Iraq. – Reuters
A man looks out at a tanker carrying Iraqi fuel oil after catching fire following an attack in Iraqi territorial waters off Basra, Iraq. – Reuters

The Iran war has threatened Gulf ports and disrupted global trade through the Strait of Hormuz, a vital waterway through which roughly a fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas normally passes.

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