Iran’s Navy’s largest ship sunk, there has been tension in the region with Israel
The largest ship of the Iranian Navy has sunk in the Gulf of Oman after a fire.
According to Iranian media, the crew of this ship named Kharg has been saved safely.
No details have been given as to how the ship caught fire.
But this maritime area has been very sensitive, which has been the center of tension between Iran and Western countries in recent years. Iran and Israel have been accusing each other of attacks on ships in recent months.
This waterway in the Gulf of Oman connects to the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway through which one-fifth of the world’s oil supply passes.
Smoke rises over Tehran’s skies after a refinery fire on Wednesday night
Meanwhile, on Wednesday itself, a fire broke out in an oil refinery in Tehran, the capital of Iran, which is trying to extinguish it for the second consecutive day.
According to the news agency of Iran’s Oil Ministry, Shana, the refinery of the state-owned oil company Tondguyan Petrochemical Company caught fire on Wednesday night, after which a black cloud of smoke covered the sky of Tehran.
According to the agency, Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh visited the site at night and assured people that it would not affect the supply of oil.
However, even after this, people queued up at petrol stations in Iran on Thursday. Weekend in Iran starts on Thursday.
Iran’s state TV reported that the Kharg was Iran’s largest naval ship, which caught fire at 2:25 pm on Wednesday night.
A statement issued by the Iranian Navy said that firefighters tried to put out the fire for some 20 hours, but in the end the ship sank.
A statement issued on Tasnim News Agency said that the ship had left Iran’s Zask port on a training mission a few days ago and went into international waters.
According to Navy experts, this ship was made in Britain and was lowered in the water in 1977. In terms of weight (tonnes), this ship was the largest ship of the Iranian Navy.
According to Iran’s government agency Irna, this ship had helped the Iranian Navy in training work for more than four decades.
In April, Iran said that one of its ships had been attacked in the Red Sea.
Tensions have been brewing in the region between Iran and Israel since late February. Both countries have been accusing each other of attacking cargo ships.
Controversy over the incidents of ship attacks has escalated at a time when Joe Biden in the US has signaled a change in the government’s stance on Iran after becoming president in January.
Biden has said that he will rejoin the 2015 international agreement on Iran’s nuclear program if Iran fully implements it.
His predecessor Donald Trump withdrew America from this treaty. His move was praised by Israel.
In 2018, Trump broke ties with the deal and imposed strict economic sanctions on Iran, calling it in the interest of Iran.
However, after the US broke the agreement, Britain, France, Germany, China and Russia had expressed hope that the agreement would remain intact.
Iran insists that its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes.
But it was suspected that Iran was making an atomic bomb and on this basis the US, European Union and United Nations imposed sanctions on Iran in the year 2010.
In 2015, Iran signed a deal with China, France, Germany, Russia, Britain and the US regarding its nuclear program.
Under this agreement, Iran agreed to limit its nuclear program in exchange for sanctions relief.
Why is the Gulf of Hormuz important?
There are pro-US Arab countries on one side of the Gulf of Hormuz and Iran on the other. This gulf is only 21 miles wide in some area between Oman and Iran.
There are two sea routes here. One for the departure of the ships and one for the arrival.
Although this bay is very narrow, but it is so deep that the world’s largest ships and oil tankers can easily pass through here.
Oil from the Middle East reaches Asia, Europe, America and other markets of the world through Hormuz.
One crore 9 million barrels of oil passes through this gulf daily. That is, 20 percent of the world’s crude oil passes through here.
That is, if there is most crude oil in the world at one time, then it happens here.
In comparison, 5.5 million barrels of oil passes through the Suez Canal and 16 million barrels through the Gulf of Malacca.
Iran also sends its oil through this route all over the world. He has been threatening that he will stop the export of oil from here by closing the Gulf of Hormuz.
