On Sunday Iran announced that three more international tankers are ablaze in the Strait of Hormuz after presumably hitting mines in an 'illicit' transit area as Tehran continues to try and clamp down on passage under its protocol.
"Since the early hours of this morning, three non-compliant tankers have exploded and caught fire while they were sailing in the illegal channel in the Strait of Hormuz," the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said in a statement.
via ReutersThe statement didn't identifiy the tankers, and it was left open whether the assault involved drones or sea mines - but the past week had seen at least a half-dozen such mine attacks.
Saturday had also seen at least one tanker catch fire in the strait, with British maritime agency UKMTO saying the distressed tanker was off the coast of Khasab, Oman.
“Military authorities reported the tanker is on fire which has resulted in the evacuation of the crew,” the agency said. There may have been a second one struck Saturday "unknown projectile" - per UKMTO reporting.
In the wake of the midterm elections this week, after major Democratic victories across the House and Senate, there's been relative silence on the Iran issue coming from the White House.
There's been ample reporting on the potential for Trump to order a "short and intensive" new attack on Iran, but the question would still remain: what next?
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