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For the first time since 2019, the Islamic Republic attacked a tanker in the Strait of Hormuz with limpet mines

Strait of Hormuz, Iran ·

The Financial Times reported that Iranian forces attached limpet mines to the hull of an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz. The paper describes the operation as the first of its kind since 2019 and says it could signal a change in Tehran's tactics to disrupt shipping.

The Strait of Hormuz is a narrow waterway linking the Gulf with the Arabian Sea, and a large share of the world's seaborne oil passes through it. Tensions between Iran and Western states over shipping there recur.

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