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01:03The United States Navy is no longer just blockading Iran's ports.
01:08It is now hunting Iranian oil tankers thousands of miles away, near India, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka.
01:15And today, we have confirmation of at least three more interceptions.
01:19This is the Iran crisis going truly global.
01:23Let's break it all down.
01:24The U.S. military has intercepted at least three Iranian-flagged tankers in Asian waters
01:30and is redirecting them away from their positions near India, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka,
01:36according to shipping and security sources.
01:38Here's what we know about each vessel.
01:41First, there's the Deep Sea, an Iranian-flagged supertanker that was partially loaded with crude
01:46and last spotted on public tracking data off Malaysia's coast about a week ago.
01:51Second, the Seven, a smaller vessel with a maximum capacity of one million barrels, carrying
01:5765% of its load, last seen off Malaysia's coast about a month ago.
02:02And third, the Darina, a supertanker fully loaded with two million barrels of crude, last seen
02:09off the coast of southern India just three days ago.
02:12Now, there's potentially a fourth ship in play.
02:15U.S. forces may have intercepted the Iranian-flagged Daria tanker as well.
02:20That vessel failed to discharge its cargo of Iranian oil in India before a U.S. waiver on Iranian
02:26crude purchases expired on Sunday.
02:29U.S. CENTCOM confirmed on Wednesday that since the start of its blockade, U.S. forces have directed
02:3529 vessels to turn around or return to port—29 ships in just 10 days.
02:42On February 28, 2026, the U.S. and Israel launched surprise airstrikes on Iran, targeting
02:49military and government sites and assassinating Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei and other Iranian
02:54officials, beginning the 2026 Iran War.
02:58The Strait of Hormuz, which, in peacetime, carried about 25% of the world's seaborne oil
03:03trade and 20% of the world's liquefied natural gas, immediately became a flashpoint.
03:09Iran effectively closed it.
03:12Global oil markets went haywire.
03:14Dubai crude prices reached $166 per barrel, their highest on record.
03:20A fragile ceasefire was agreed on April 8, but it didn't hold cleanly.
03:25By April 12, J.D. Vance announced that talks between the U.S. and Iran had failed.
03:30Trump then declared a full U.S. naval blockade.
03:34Two days ago, we got a preview of just how aggressive this enforcement would be.
03:39U.S. forces conducted a right-of-visit maritime interdiction of the master transit Tefani, a
03:45vessel the Pentagon described as stateless in the Bay of Bengal between India and Southeast
03:50Asia, carrying Iranian oil.
03:52Iran's reaction?
03:54Tehran's foreign ministry called the boarding, as well as the earlier seizure of a cargo ship,
03:59piracy at sea and state terrorism.
04:03Just hours before the ceasefire was set to expire on Wednesday, Trump extended it at the
04:08request of mediating country Pakistan, giving Tehran time to present a unified proposal.
04:13But the blockade stays on.
04:15And Iran struck back the same day.
04:18Iran attacked at least three commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, just hours
04:24after Trump announced the ceasefire extension.
04:27The planned second round of peace talks in Islamabad collapsed before they even started.
04:32Iran's position is clear.
04:34Iranian President Pezeshkin said Iran welcomes dialogue, but that breach of commitments, blockade,
04:40and threats are the main obstacles to genuine negotiations.
04:44The next 48 to 72 hours are going to be critical.
04:48Will Iran send a delegation?
04:50Will the blockade force Tehran's hand?
04:52Or does this spiral back into open conflict?
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