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The latest wave came amid a tit-for-tat exchange between the two belligerents, which saw the US hit an Iranian oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz, and a communications tower on the Iranian island of Qeshm, while Iran fired at a container ship and the headquarters of the US Fifth Fleet in Bahrain.
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Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 3 June 2026
Tuesday night’s hostilities appear to have begun when the US used a Hellfire missile to strike an oil tanker heading for an Iranian port.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
The Maritime Prefecture of the Atlantic said in a separate statement on Monday that the French Navy had intervened on an oil tanker more than 400 nautical miles west of the tip of Brittany, coming from Murmansk, Russia.
—Reuters, NBC news, 1 June 2026
The French navy, with support from the United Kingdom, has intercepted an oil tanker under international sanctions that was traveling from Russia, the most recent effort by nations that support Ukraine to target Russian oil exports helping to finance President Vladimir Putin’s war.
—John Leicester, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
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Dominic Dudley, semafor.com, 3 June 2026
Tuesday night’s hostilities appear to have begun when the US used a Hellfire missile to strike an oil tanker heading for an Iranian port.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN Money, 3 June 2026
The Maritime Prefecture of the Atlantic said in a separate statement on Monday that the French Navy had intervened on an oil tanker more than 400 nautical miles west of the tip of Brittany, coming from Murmansk, Russia.
—Reuters, NBC news, 1 June 2026
The French navy, with support from the United Kingdom, has intercepted an oil tanker under international sanctions that was traveling from Russia, the most recent effort by nations that support Ukraine to target Russian oil exports helping to finance President Vladimir Putin’s war.
—John Leicester, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
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“Oil tanker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/oil%20tanker. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.
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