US Navy says it prevented Iran from seizing tankers in Gulf

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Iran seized two oil tankers in a week just over a month ago, the U.S. Navy said.
42% : Since 2019, there have been a series of attacks on shipping in the strategic Gulf waters at times of tension between the United States and Iran.
40% : U.S. Navy said it intervened to prevent Iran from seizing two commercial tankers in the Gulf on Wednesday in the latest in a series of seizures or attacks on ships in the area since 2019.
38% : Both incidents took place in the Gulf in waters between Iran and Oman.
33% : About a fifth of the world's supply of crude oil and oil products passes through the Strait of Hormuz, a choke point between Iran and Oman, according to data from analytics firm Vortexa.

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