Footage has emerged of the Skylight oil tanker sinking off the coast of Oman

The Palau-flagged oil tanker Skylight came under fire in Oman's territorial waters while attempting to cross the Strait of Hormuz. This was reported on March 1 by the Reuters news agency, citing sources.

20 people were evacuated from the tanker, including 15 Indian citizens and five Iranian citizens. Four crew members were injured. The ship began to sink.

In addition, on March 1, the Reuters news agency, citing sources, reported that the tanker MKD Vyom, owned by the authorities of the Marshall Islands, was damaged off the coast of Oman. The ship was struck 44.4 nautical miles northwest of Muscat.

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Mohsen Rezai, secretary of Iran's Political Expediency Determination Council and former commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), said that the Strait of Hormuz remains open for oil tankers until further notice. At the same time, he stressed that US military personnel and their equipment are still considered by Tehran as legitimate targets for the Iranian army.

The Reuters news agency reported on March 1 that the US and Israeli strikes on Iran had plunged the oil market into the largest crisis in recent decades, and if the conflict did not stop, oil prices would rise sharply on March 2. It was noted that the scale of disruptions in the supply of oil and rising prices will depend on the duration of the conflict in Iran.

The day before, the Strait of Hormuz in southern Iran, which is used for the passage of oil tankers, was completely closed by the IRGC. Some major oil companies and leading trading houses have suspended the supply of crude oil and fuel through the Strait of Hormuz amid Israeli and US strikes on Iran.

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