West Asia Conflict / IRGC Hits Seven Oil Tankers in Strait of Hormuz, Defies US Claims

Tehran, Oct 4: Tensions in the Strait of Hormuz have escalated sharply, with Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy striking multiple oil tankers in recent days.

At least seven vessels were hit over a five‑day span, according to semi‑official reports, underscoring Tehran’s defiance of Washington’s claims that the strategic waterway remains secure and under US control.

Independent military observer MenchOsint told Fars that two oil tankers were destroyed on Friday—one at the entrance of the waterway and another while exiting.

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He further noted that two Kuwaiti tankers, Al FUNTAS and KAZIMAH III, along with three United Arab Emirates vessels, SINBAD, MERSIN PROSPERITY and AL RUWAIS, were struck in the strait during the preceding four days, Xinhua reported.

Meanwhile, President Trump on Saturday predicted the conflict with Iran would conclude “very quickly” and forecast a sharp drop in oil prices once it ended.

Speaking in Texas and later at a Peterbilt Motors facility in Denton, he portrayed Tehran as militarily and economically crippled. “Iran will very soon be ending one way or the other,” Trump told reporters.

“It’ll either just say, look, they have 301 percent inflation. They have no money, they have no currency. Their military has been defeated, their navy is gone, their air force is gone, everything’s gone.”

“And, one way or the other, it’s going to end very quickly. And when that ends, oil prices are going to drop like a rock,” he added.

Iran had already tightened control of the Strait of Hormuz on February 28, blocking safe passage for vessels linked to Israel and the United States following joint strikes on Iranian territory.

(IANS)