US warns ships in Middle East waterways of possible Iran action

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard forces inspect the British-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was seized in the Strait of Hormuz in July. (Mehr News Agency via AP)

• Oil tankers were targeted in mine attacks last year the US blamed on Iran

TEHRAN: The US government is warning ships across Middle East waterways crucial to global energy supplies that there’s the “possibility of Iranian action against US maritime interests” in the region.
The US Maritime Administration put out the warning Tuesday, citing the rising threats after an American drone strike in Baghdad killed Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani.
Oil tankers were targeted in mine attacks last year the US blamed on Iran.
Tehran denied being responsible though it did seize oil tankers around the crucial Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Arabian Gulf through which 20 percent of the world’s crude oil travels.