Iranian missile attack on U.S. tanker escalates tensions in the Gulf region

The oil tanker "Stena Imperative" with the American flag was sunk by a missile launched by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps in the port of Bahrain.

This oil tanker was built in 2016, with a length of 183 meters, a beam of 32 meters, a draft of 18.26 meters, and a deadweight tonnage of 49,750 short tons (approximately 45,123 metric tons). The ship is usually used to transport oil and is part of the U.S. Navy Tanker Security Program (TSP), specifically transporting fuel for U.S. warships in the Gulf region, protected by the U.S. Department of Defense. However, now Iran has taken action to attack, sinking this ship.

In addition, Iran also attacked two other American and British oil tankers near the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz with missiles, damaging them.

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