Gulf of Oman

US blockade costs Iran $4.8 billion, US Navy acting 'sort of like pirates,' Trump says - report

According to Pentagon officials, over 40 vessels carrying oil and other contraband have been redirected by the US military since the blockade began on April 13th. 

The ‘USS Abraham Lincoln’ conducts US blockade operations related to the Strait of Hormuz, last month.
An F/A-18F Super Hornet prepares to launch from the US Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln in support of the Operation Epic Fury attack on Iran, February 28, 2026.

US planning renewed military action against Iranian infrastructure should talks fail - CNN

Oil tankers pass through the Strait of Hormuz, December 21, 2018.

US offers $20b. reinsurance plan to spur Gulf oil flow amid Operation Epic Fury, Iranian attacks

US Central Command announces sinking an Iranian ship in the Gulf of Oman, March 1, 2026.

'Abandon Ship': US sinks Iranian ship in Gulf of Oman after striking vessel during Op. Epic Fury


Iran hit tanker to distract from Georgia assassination plot - Israeli officials

The targeted tanker is operated by a Singapore-based company owned by Israeli billionaire Idan Ofer.

 Tanker Pacific Zircon is seen at sea near Isle of Wright, Britain in this undated handout picture.

US seizes 'massive volume of explosive material' smuggled to Yemen by Iran

The material, over 360,000 pounds of urea fertilizer and ammonium perchlorate, was discovered on a 'stateless' dhow vessel in the Gulf of Oman.

THE U.S NAVY WARSHIP, COLE, FLOATS IN THE IN THE PORT OF ADEN.

Iran Guards say they have seized two ships with smuggled fuel in Gulf

IRGC naval units seized 250,000 liters of fuel smuggled on one of the ships and 130,000 liters on the other vessel.

A boat of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) sails, at undisclosed place off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran August 22, 2019.

US Navy intercepts vessel smuggling explosive materials in Gulf of Oman

40 tons of urea fertilizer, which can be used to manufacture explosives, were seized by the US Navy.

US service members conduct a boarding on a stateless fishing vessel transiting international waters the Gulf of Oman as a rigid-hull inflatable boat and patrol coastal ship USS Chinook (PC 9) sail nearby, Jan. 18.

Iranian mariners rescued by US Navy ship in Gulf of Oman

The cargo ship, USNS Charles Drew, found the stranded mariners a few hours later and provided them with medical care, food and water.

The US Navy aircraft carriers conduct a photo exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces in the South China Sea August 31, 2018

Iran claims its air defense confronted two US drones during recent drill

Iran and the US have long engaged in a game of drone chicken as they monitor one another, and in some cases down the other's aircraft.

An undated U.S. Air Force handout photo of a RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft

Iran's military holds annual drills near mouth of Gulf

The exercise covers an area from the eastern parts of the Strait of Hormuz to the northern parts of the Indian Ocean and parts of the Red Sea.

Iran holds military drills as tensions rise with US

IRGC says it thwarted US attempt to confiscate oil in the Gulf of Oman

The IRGC claimed that it managed to capture a tanker carrying confiscated Iranian oil from US forces.

A boat of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard (IRGC) sails, at undisclosed place off the coast of Bandar Abbas, Iran August 22, 2019.

Gantz: Iran is 10 weeks from breakout to a nuclear weapon

"Israel had warned the US that Iran would use a break in JCPOA talks to advance its nuclear program."

The Iranian flag waves in front of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) headquarters, before the beginning of a board of governors meeting, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Vienna, Austria, March 1, 2021.

Iran blamed as two killed in strike on Israeli-managed ship

Romanian, Brit dead * Lapid to UK FM: There’s ‘need to respond severely to attack’

An oil tanker is seen after it was attacked at the Gulf of Oman