Six Sanctioned Iranian Supertankers Cross Strait of Hormuz With Transponders Off

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Six US-sanctioned supertankers carrying a combined capacity of 12 million barrels of crude oil have passed through the Strait of Hormuz into the Gulf of Oman within the past week. The vessels navigated the strategic waterway with their tracking transponders switched off, effectively concealing their movements. The activity was revealed through ship-tracking data, which detected the transit despite the deliberate disabling of location signals. The tankers are linked to Iran, whose oil exports remain subject to US sanctions. The incident highlights ongoing efforts to move Iranian crude covertly through one of the world's most critical shipping chokepoints.

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