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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards say two more oil tankers caught fire in the Strait of Hormuz, adding to earlier Iranian reports of fires involving five tankers and a tugboat. The supplied reports do not independently verify the incidents or establish their causes; a British maritime monitor separately reported a tanker struck by unidentified projectiles near Qatar.
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The Strait of Hormuz is a key route for global oil shipments, so sustained disruption could affect energy prices and shipping costs in the United States and elsewhere. The reports also describe an ongoing U.S.-Iran conflict and U.S. measures affecting the waterway.