NEW YORK, March 4. /TASS/. Only two tankers crossed the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, CNN reported, citing data from S&P Global Commodities at Sea.
According to the report, on March 1, five tankers carrying oil and chemicals passed through the strait, while on Monday only two vessels managed to do so.
On March 2, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC, Iran’s elite military unit) threatened to destroy any tanker attempting to pass through the Strait of Hormuz.
The United States and Israel launched a large-scale military operation against Iran on February 28. Major Iranian cities, including Tehran, were struck. The White House justified the attack by citing alleged missile and nuclear threats from Iran. At the same time, US leadership openly called on the Iranian population to rise up against their government and seize power.
As a result of the strikes, Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, and several other senior figures in the leadership of the Islamic Republic were killed.