US Navy Stops Iranian Attempt to Seize 2 Oil Tankers After Shots Fired

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

53% : Greece's Supreme Court ordered that the cargo be returned to Tehran, and the Greek ships were released after several months, according to reports.
46% : Iran has attempted to resume its nuclear activities while claiming they are for peaceful purposes, and it is also provided drones to Russia for the war in Ukraine.
45% : Since 2019, there has been a series of attacks on shipping in strategic Gulf waters at times of tension between the United States and Iran, and the country seized two oil tankers in a week just over a month ago, the U.S. Navy said.
42% : The United States, meanwhile, attempted to confiscate cargo of Iranian oil near Greece in 2022, prompting Iran to seize two Greek tankers.
40% : The U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet announced Wednesday that Iranian vessels attempted to seize two oil tanker ships near the Strait of Hormuz that separates Iran from the Arabian Peninsula.
39% : Navy officials said in the release Iran has harassed, attacked, or interfered with about 15 internationally flagged merchant vessels over the past two years or so.
39% : While relations between the United States and Iran have been poor since the 1979 revolution and regime change, tensions have risen since the U.S. pulled out of Iran's 2015 nuclear agreement with other world powers.
38% : Both incidents took place in waters between Iran and Oman, the Navy said.
37% : A Navy official, meanwhile, said that Tehran is engaging in "irresponsible" and "unlawful" actions targeting merchant oil tankers, which "must stop," according to a news release.
34% :About a fifth of the world's supply of crude oil and related products passes via the Strait of Hormuz, described as a choke point between Oman and Iran that connects the Gulf of Oman with the Persian Gulf, according to data from the firm Vortexa, reported Reuters.

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