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Britain's maritime authority has flagged an incident involving a tanker and military personnel in the Gulf of Oman near Pakistan's Gwadar port, signalling fresh security concerns in a region already strained by US-Iran confrontations.
The United States has sanctioned eight shipping firms from mainland China and Hong Kong for facilitating Iranian oil deliveries, freezing assets and restricting transactions as part of its intensifying economic pressure campaign against Tehran.
The Strait of Hormuz maintains a severe threat designation following recent attacks on merchant shipping, as military tensions between the US and Iran continue despite ongoing peace negotiations.