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UAE Says Tanker Hit in Strait of Hormuz as Iran-Oman Talks Near Deal
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Voice of Vienna
ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates said on Saturday that Iran had targeted an oil tanker owned by the state-run Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) while it was passing through the Strait of Hormuz.
Later, the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations agency reported that a vessel had been hit by a projectile near Oman, in the Strait of Hormuz.
It was not immediately clear whether the incident involved the same tanker mentioned by the UAE, according to Hurriyet Daily News.
Before U.S.-Israeli strikes in February triggered a wider regional war, about one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas passed through the narrow waterway.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards also said that reopening the strait would depend on separate conditions, including compensation from the United States.