{"id":102072,"date":"2026-05-07T10:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/102072\/"},"modified":"2026-05-07T10:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T10:06:09","slug":"iranian-tankers-pass-through-naval-blockade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/102072\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian Tankers Pass Through Naval Blockade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>        <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WANA-Foreign-Oil-Tanker-Seized-with-2M-Liters-of-Smuggled-Fuel-in-Iran-3.jpg\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WANA-Foreign-Oil-Tanker-Seized-with-2M-Liters-of-Smuggled-Fuel-in-Iran-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/>    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<\/p>\n<p>WANA (May 07) \u2013 Two Iranian vessels \u2014 an oil tanker and a large LPG carrier \u2014 entered the waters of the Persian Gulf after passing through what was described as a \u201cnaval blockade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to a report by a ship navigation tracking platform, the two vessels successfully completed their route and reached their destination in the Persian Gulf. The report did not provide further details regarding the exact timing of the passage or the vessels\u2019 point of departure.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Another part of the report stated that the United States, as part of its policies, is pursuing a plan referred to as a naval blockade of Iran, aimed at increasing pressure on shipping routes.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The report also noted that Iran, within parts of its maritime strategy, uses unloaded oil tankers as floating oil storage reserves.<\/p>\n<p>                <img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" data-lazy- data-lazy- data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775903246_412_cropped-fav-icon-edit-150x150.png\"\/><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1775903246_412_cropped-fav-icon-edit-150x150.png\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n            &#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; WANA (May 07) \u2013 Two Iranian vessels \u2014 an oil tanker and a large&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":102073,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[26],"tags":[34,25797,39,24348],"class_list":["post-102072","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-persian-gulf","tag-iran","tag-iranian-tankers","tag-persian-gulf","tag-us-naval-blockade"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116532739098403900","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102072","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102072"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102072\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102072"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102072"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102072"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}