{"id":58691,"date":"2026-06-17T10:03:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T10:03:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=58691"},"modified":"2026-06-17T10:05:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T10:05:44","slug":"iranian-tankers-exit-us-blockade-zone-before-talks-to-end-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=58691","title":{"rendered":"Iranian tankers exit US blockade zone before talks to end war"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Al Jazeera:   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several tankers carrying Iranian oil have crossed the United States blockade line in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a tracking website, two days before Washington and Tehran are to launch more talks after reaching a framework agreement to end their war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The TankerTrackers website, which monitors oil shipments and storage, on Wednesday identified Iran\u2019s \u201cfirst crude oil exports in two months\u201d, citing digital tracking data corroborated by satellite imagery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The talks on a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/2026\/6\/15\/us-iran-to-sign-a-peace-deal-on-friday-what-we-know-so-far\">final settlement<\/a>&nbsp;to end the war, triggered by&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aljazeera.com\/news\/liveblog\/2026\/6\/17\/iran-war-live-israel-kills-four-in-lebanon-as-trump-criticises-netanyahu\">US-Israeli strikes<\/a>&nbsp;on Iran on February 28, are to begin on Friday at Switzerland\u2019s Burgenstock mountain resort as news that the Strait of Hormuz will reopen sent world oil prices tumbling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to TankerTrackers, two National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) tankers \u2013 the Diona and Hero 2 \u2013 carrying a total of 3.8 million barrels of Iranian oil, exited the blockade line on Tuesday while another tanker, Stream, was sailing towards Iranian ports on Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A third tanker operated by the NITC and carrying 1 million barrels of Iranian crude sailed past the US Navy\u2019s blockade line in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday, according to TankerTrackers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a post on X, the maritime tracking service said the Sonia I \u201cexited the blockade line\u201d at 01:11 GMT.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The US will allow Iran to immediately begin selling oil and fuel after signing the MoU, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, quoting unnamed people familiar with the agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A waiver of sanctions on oil sales will take effect immediately, the Journal added, and will cover services such as banking, transportation and insurance as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to a senior US official speaking on condition of anonymity, the framework agreement has already been signed electronically by US President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Majid Takht-Ravanchi and Tehran\u2019s top negotiator, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Al Jazeera: Several tankers carrying Iranian oil have crossed the United States blockade line in the Strait of Hormuz, according to a tracking website, two days before Washington and Tehran are to launch more talks after reaching a framework agreement to end their war. The TankerTrackers website, which monitors oil shipments and storage, on Wednesday identified Iran\u2019s \u201cfirst crude oil exports in two months\u201d, citing digital tracking data corroborated by satellite imagery. The talks on a&nbsp;final settlement&nbsp;to end the war, triggered by&nbsp;US-Israeli strikes&nbsp;on Iran on February 28, are to begin on Friday at Switzerland\u2019s Burgenstock mountain resort as news that&#8230; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":58694,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-in-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58691"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58693,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58691\/revisions\/58693"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}