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US allegedly blocking over 70 tankers from entering or leaving Iranian ports
8 May 2026 14:54 BST
"There are currently more than 70 tankers that U.S. forces are preventing from entering or leaving Iranian ports," the United States Central Command announced in a post on X.
"These commercial ships have the capacity to transport over 166 million barrels of Iranian oil worth an estimated $13 billion-plus," the post added.