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Four Tankers Ablaze After IRGC Mines Strike Near Strait of Hormuz

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Four Tankers Ablaze After IRGC Mines Strike Near Strait of Hormuz

🚢 HORMUZ — Four tankers ablaze; IRGC mined the strait before anyone struck. 📌 LOOK CLOSER: Four vessels simultaneously marks a shift from harassment to sustained attrition. Insurance markets will suspend Gulf coverage within hours; 158 vessels queued at Hormuz now have no viable path. Brent was at 103 on a war premium — four burning tankers resets that floor. Epic Fury's strike calculus changes when the Strait is already on fire.

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