Iran Strikes Tankers in Strait of Hormuz; Trump Threatens — SkimNews
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- Iran claims it struck an oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, with a second tanker also reported struck in the same waterway, per CBS News and Al Jazeera headlines.
- Trump said the next move could be to "annihilate" the Iranian regime, per CBS News' Iran War Updates coverage.
Why it matters: Two tanker attacks in the Strait of Hormuz — the chokepoint for a major share of seaborne oil — risk a sharp escalation in the US-Iran conflict at a moment when the US president is openly floating regime destruction as policy.
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