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An Iranian warship fired on a commercial oil tanker in international waters in the Gulf of Oman Wednesday as the U.S. Navy prevented Iranian vessels from seizing two commercial ships.
At about 4 a.m. local time, an Iranian warship approached a Bahamian-flagged oil tanker within a mile and hailed the tanker to stop. As seen in video released by U.S. Naval Forces Central Command, the personnel on the Iranian ship fired on the tanker with “multiple, long bursts from both small arms and crew-served weapons.
