IRAN OIL EXPORTS DESPITE HORMUZ CLOSURE
Iran's covert and alternative mechanisms for continuing crude oil exports despite the closure or blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, including special transit arrangements, intermediary networks and the economic trade-offs involved
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Navigation data: first natural gas shipment departs aboard tanker Muscat for global markets
AL JAZEERA ARABICبيانات ملاحية.. انطلاق أول شحنة غاز طبيعي على متن "مسقط" إلى الأسواق العالمية
Jun 29, 2026, 11:05 AM
Oman's news agency announced the departure of the first liquefied natural gas shipment aboard the tanker Muscat to global markets. Navigational data tracked by Al Jazeera's open-source unit showed the vessel leaving the port of Qalhat without declaring its destination.
US lifts sanctions on Iranian oil
RTJun 22, 2026, 03:30 PM
Iran has been granted a 60-day sanctions waiver for its oil sector by the US Treasury as Washington-Tehran nuclear talks continue. The move marks a significant shift in US sanctions policy toward Iran and signals cautious diplomatic progress.
'Please send help': Crew's distress call after ship hit by US missile
BBC WORLDJun 9, 2026, 01:42 PM
The crew of a sanctioned oil tanker issued a distress call—'Please send help'—after their ship was struck by a missile fired from a US fighter jet off Oman. The crew were rescued, in an apparent escalation of US enforcement against illicit oil shipments.
Indian crew rescued from ship hit by US missile (VIDEO)
RTJun 9, 2026, 10:57 AM
Oman has evacuated all 24 Indian crew members of the MT Marivex by helicopter to Masirah Island after the tanker was struck by a US missile, RT reports. The rescue follows an apparent US strike on a sanctioned oil shipment.
Ship with Indian crew sinking off Oman after being hit by projectile – media
RTJun 8, 2026, 04:29 PM
An oil tanker with an Indian crew is sinking off Oman after being hit by a projectile, though all crew members have been rescued, according to media reports.