{"id":38223,"date":"2026-04-19T05:59:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T21:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/04\/19\/two-indian-flagged-ships-attacked-crossing-strait-of-hormuz\/"},"modified":"2026-04-20T06:01:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T22:01:28","slug":"two-indian-flagged-ships-attacked-crossing-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multimetro.hk\/plus\/2026\/04\/19\/two-indian-flagged-ships-attacked-crossing-strait-of-hormuz\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Indian-flagged ships attacked crossing Strait of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Iran reversed its decision to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and fired on tankers attempting to pass through the waterway on Saturday.<br \/>It also warned that it would continue to block transit through the strait as long as the US blockade of Iranian ports remains in effect.<br \/>Iran\u2019s joint military command said on Saturday that \u201ccontrol of the Strait of Hormuz has returned to its previous state &#8230; under strict management and control of the armed forces.\u201d<br \/>Two gunboats from Iran\u2019s Revolutionary Guard opened fire on one tanker transiting the Strait of Hormuz, the British military\u2019s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations centre said.<br \/>TankerTrackers.com reported vessels were forced to turn around in the strait, including an Indian-flagged super tanker, after they were fired on by Iran.<br \/>India&#8217;s Ministry of External Affairs confirmed in a statement that two Indian-flagged vessels carrying crude oil were attacked, while attempting to cross the strait.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran reversed its decision to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and fired on tankers attempting to pass through the waterway on Saturday.It also warned that it would continue to block transit through the strait as long as the US blockade of Iranian ports remains in effect.Iran\u2019s joint military command said on Saturday that \u201ccontrol of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38223","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - 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