Iran Fires on Hormuz Ships as US Navy Intercepts Oil Tankers

At least two fully laden Iranian tankers have sailed out of the Persian Gulf and past a US blockade this week, part of a flotilla that has made its way around the warships and ferried roughly 9 million barrels of oil to the market. Bloomberg’s Stephen Stapczynski reports.Source: Bloomberg

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By Weilun Soon and Rakteem Katakey

April 22, 2026 at 10:53 AM UTC

Updated on

April 22, 2026 at 9:18 PM UTC

Iranian gunboats fired on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz while the US intercepted two of the Islamic Republic’s oil tankers.

A cargo ship and a container vessel came under fire in the waterway on Wednesday, according to a UK Maritime Trade Operations social-media post. Meanwhile, US Central Command refuted a report by analytics firm Vortexa that said Iranian supertankers had evaded the American Navy blockade.