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The Economic Times
The Economic Times
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Iran's tankers take secret route through Hormuz to dodge US sanctions

Iran has been sneaking oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz over the past week, even before Washington threatened to reimpose a blockade of Iranian ports, according to a Bloomberg report.

Six US-sanctioned supertankers, capable of carrying a combined 12 million barrels of crude, passed through the Strait into the Gulf of Oman with their transponders switched off, ship-tracking data compiled by Bloomberg showed.

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