New York Post
By Samuel Chamberlain
Published March 12, 2026
Updated March 12, 2026, 8:26 a.m. ET
Oil prices briefly spiked above $100 per barrel early Thursday as seven tankers were attacked by Iran in a two-day period across the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz.
The two most damaging attacks, apparently carried out by explosive-laden boats, hit the tankers Safesea Vishnu and Zefyros in Iraqi waters, killing at least one crew member and setting the vessels ablaze.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claimed responsibility for the attacks, releasing a video of the burning Safesea Vishnu in which a man can be heard shouting: “Allah is the greatest! The destruction of an American tanker in the northern district of the Persian Gulf! I obey you Khamenei! Hail be the Islamic Republic of Iran! Soldiers of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy!”
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