Iranian Gunboats Attack Ships, Escalating Tensions

0:00On April 19th, Iranian gunboats fired on cargo ships in the Strait of Hormuz yesterday, escalating tensions after Tehran slammed the waterway shut. Again, this key shipping lane handles a fifth of the world's oil and the attacks hit two Indian vessels, won a super tanker with two million barrels of Iraqi. Crude, the other a container ship, plus a third commercial ship. No one got hurt, but it marks a sharp reversal from Iran's short-lived plan to reopen the strait. The flip came right after US President Donald Trump said, America won't lift its blockade on Iranian ports until there's a deal on nukes and more. Trump called it blackmail, but insisted talks with Tehran are going very well, adding they've been playing these games for 47 years. Meanwhile, US forces have turned back 23 ships and might start boarding Iran linked one soon. India raised deep concerns with Iran's ambassador, while UK Foreign Secretary Avet Cooper urged Tehran to let global shipping through, saying it,

1:00boosts economies everywhere. Oil prices dip Friday on hopes of a deal, but this chaos threatens a bigger energy crunch after eight tankers slipped through just before the closure. Iran's new Supreme Leader Moshtaba Kamenay boasted on social media that their navy is set to deliver bitter defeats to enemies. Iran's Security Council is eyeing fresh US proposals per state media. Awfulman's coast, a cruise ship spotted a suspicious splash nearby, heightening fears for passenger safety. All this unfolds as a fragile Lebanon, ceasefire faces heat, a French paratrooper killed in a UN patrol ambush with fingers pointing at Hezbollah, though they deny it. Eyes they glued on hormones, where one wrong move could spy global oil and drag us deeper into conflict.