{"id":2578884,"date":"2026-03-11T22:53:01","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T02:53:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-dead-in-attack-on-two-oil-tankers-in-persian-gulf-report\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T22:55:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T02:55:22","slug":"one-dead-in-attack-on-two-oil-tankers-in-persian-gulf-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/one-dead-in-attack-on-two-oil-tankers-in-persian-gulf-report\/","title":{"rendered":"One dead in attack on two oil tankers in Persian Gulf: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fone-dead-in-attack-on-two-oil-tankers-in-persian-gulf-report%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2578884&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Two oil tankers were set ablaze in the Persian Gulf after an attack attributed to Iran, with one crewmember dead and 38 others rescued. The incident occurred off the coast of Iraq near the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>Key details:<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Vessels involved: Safesea Vishnu (U.S.-based ownership) and Zefyros (Greek ownership).<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Claims and reports: Iran\u2019s state media said Iran claimed responsibility. U.K. Maritime Trade Operations noted an attack in Iraqi waters but described it as unknown; Iraqi officials said two tankers were struck by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iran-backed-houthis-attack-saudi-oil-facilities-slowing-refinery-output-amid-global-crisis\/\" title=\"...-Backed Houthis ... Saudi ... Facilities, Slowing Refinery Output amid Global Crisis\">explosive-laden boats<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Context: The attack comes amid rising Iran-U.S. tensions and warnings that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz is at heightened risk. Tehran signaled more retaliation and said no oil would pass through the strait.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Broader picture: The violence followed other attacks on ships in the same area earlier in the week, underscoring escalating threats to commercial shipping in the region.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">One dead in attack that set two oil tankers ablaze in Persian Gulf: Report<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2529527\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Two oil tankers were set ablaze in the Persian Gulf after Iran conducted a suicide boat attack, local officials said, marking the latest escalation of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iran\/\">Iran&rsquo;s threat <\/a>to stop the flow of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/oil\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"292\">oil<\/a> globally.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The vessels caught fire in waters off the coast of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/iraq\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"101\">Iraq<\/a>, near the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4487796\/three-cargo-ships-damaged-strait-of-hormuz\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4487796\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a>, leaving one crewmember dead while the other 38 were rescued, according to multiple reports.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/energy-and-environment\/4488814\/shipping-disruptions-spread-oil-helium-sulfur-semiconductors\/\">Shipping disruptions spread beyond oil: Helium, sulfur, and semiconductors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4488465\/spain-permanently-withdraws-ambassador-israel-snub-trump\/\">Spain permanently withdraws ambassador to Israel in another snub to Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/4487959\/keir-starmer-warned-peter-mandelson-reputational-risk-jeffrey-epstein\/\">Starmer was warned about &lsquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/starmer-was-warned-about-reputational-risk-of-mandelsons-ties-to-epstein\/\" title=\"Starmer was warned about \u2018reputational risk\u2019 of Mandelson\u2019s ties to Epstein\">reputational risk&#038;rsquo<\/a>; of Peter Mandelson&rsquo;s Epstein ties, files show<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Farhan al Fartousi, the director general of the Iraqi Ports Company,&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/world\/live-news\/iran-war-us-israel-trump-03-11-26?post-id=cmmmlkxrp000c3b6r2xbe7vsa\">said the crew<\/a>&nbsp;was of different nationalities other than Iraqi, but did not provide an update on the state of the ships.<\/span>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>U.K. Maritime Trade Operations also reported an attack in Iraq&rsquo;s territorial waters, but only recorded one boat on fire. It said the attack was inflicted by an &ldquo;unknown projectile.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Iraqi officials, however, said two tankers were struck by explosive-laden boats, triggering fires aboard both vessels. Iranian state media reported that Iran claimed responsibility for the attack.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The boats were registered as the <em>Safesea Vishnu<\/em>, owned by the U.S.-based company Safesea Transport Inc., and <em>Zefyros<\/em>, whose owner is based in Greece.<\/p>\n<p>Photos and videos posted on social media show a mushroom cloud of fire and smoke rising from one of the oil tankers.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The incident comes amid rapidly escalating tensions tied to the war involving Iran and U.S. forces in the region, which has spilled into attacks on commercial shipping.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Maritime security agencies have repeatedly warned that vessels transiting the Persian Gulf and the Strait of Hormuz face heightened risks from drones, missiles, and other attacks as the conflict intensifies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Wednesday, three cargo ships in the crucial passage were struck by Iranian attacks. One ship, flying under a Thai flag, recovered 23 crew members from the water. It was the closest of the three ships to Iran&rsquo;s coast.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tehran\/\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"3008\">Tehran<\/a> warned that the attacks were only the beginning of its retaliation, saying that not &ldquo;even a single litre of oil&rdquo; would be allowed to pass through the Strait of Hormuz. Officials added that any tanker or vessel headed toward the strait would be considered a legitimate target.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/defense\/4489129\/first-week-iran-war-cost-pentagon-congress\/\"><strong>FIRST WEEK OF IRAN WAR COST $11.3 BILLION, PENTAGON TELLS CONGRESS<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Following the attacks on the three cargo ships, President<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" type=\"link\" id=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\"> Donald Trump<\/a> claimed the war in Iran was over, as many of the country&rsquo;s defense infrastructure and personnel had been eliminated.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Trump said Wednesday that U.S. forces had destroyed 31 Iranian minelaying vessels, which are meant to <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >target maritime cargo travelers<\/a>, and said the country&rsquo;s navy no longer exists.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here\u2019s a paraphrase of the provided text:<\/p>\n<p>Two oil tankers caught fire in the Persian Gulf after Iran carried out a suicide-boat attack, according to local officials, signaling another escalation in Iran\u2019s effort to disrupt global oil supplies. The fires broke out off Iraq\u2019s coast near the Strait of Hormuz; one crew member died and 38 others were rescued. The ships-Safesea Vishnu (owned by Safesea Transport Inc., a U.S.-based company) and Zefyros (owned by a Greek entity)-had crews of multiple nationalities. Iran claimed responsibility through state media. UK Maritime Trade Operations reported an attack in Iraqi territorial waters with one vessel on fire, attributed to an unknown projectile, while Iraqi officials said two tankers were struck by explosive-laden boats. The incident comes amid mounting tensions between Iran and U.S. forces, with warnings that shipping through the Strait of Hormuz remains at risk. Earlier on the same day, three cargo ships in the same passage were attacked.<\/p>\n<p>55-character version (headline):<br \/>\nOne dead as two tankers burn after Iranian attack<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4130,"featured_media":2578885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26070471566417.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4002,75603,75601,75602,75604],"class_list":["post-2578884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-attack","tag-death-toll-2","tag-oil-tankers-2","tag-persian-gulf-2","tag-shipping-security"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/AP26070471566417.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4130"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2578884"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578884\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2578888,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2578884\/revisions\/2578888"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2578885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2578884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2578884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2578884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}