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Iran counters US blockade claim, says 'Our supertanker crossed Hormuz openly with tracker on'
short by Bhawana Chaudhary / on Wednesday, 15 April, 2026
Iran has countered the claim of US CENTCOM that no vessels have breached their blockade of the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Consulate General in Mumbai said an Iranian VLCC supertanker, blacklisted by US, crossed the waterway. "It sailed openly with its tracker on, crossed international waters and the Strait of Hormuz, and reached Iranian shores without concealment," it added.