The United States Navy successfully prevented Iranian forces from seizing two oil tankers near the Strait of Hormuz, a vital energy passageway, in the latest in a series of such incidents. According to the US Naval Forces Central Command, the USS McFaul, a guided missile destroyer, intervened and repelled Iranian vessels that attempted to intercept the tankers off the coast of Oman. In one of the encounters, Iranian forces reportedly fired on one of the tankers.
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A news release from the US Navy stated, “On July 5, US forces prevented two attempted commercial tanker seizures by the Iranian Navy after the Iranians had opened fire in one of the incidents near the coast of Oman. Both of these incidents occurred in international waters.”
