Iranian Tankers Pile Up Outside Hormuz as U.S. Blockade Tightens

At least six Iranian tankers laden with oil are loitering in a cluster near the port of Chabahar in Iran, outside the Strait of Hormuz but just inside the U.S. naval blockade line, satellite images and maritime intelligence analyses have shown. The cluster of about half a dozen Iranian vessels signals that Iran continues to load oil on Iranian tankers that are trying to leave the Middle East region. On the other hand, the piling up of ships outside the Strait of Hormuz but inside the U.S. blockade line suggests that the American interception of…