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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Croft

How Iran’s mosquito fleet is skirting Trump’s Strait of Hormuz blockade

Skirting around the vast oil tankers anchored patiently in the Strait of Hormuz, Iran’s “mosquito fleet” is locking down the critical waterway that is stuck under a double blockade.

Last Wednesday, small boats belonging to the navy of Iran’s powerful Revolutionary Guard attacked three large container ships, two of which were forced to head to Iranian ports for allegedly trying to pass through the Strait without Tehran’s permission.

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