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WASHINGTON — Iran has claimed responsibility for striking a commercial tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, escalating a confrontation that increasingly threatens not only American interests but one of the most important shipping corridors in the global economy. Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it attacked the Togo-flagged tanker Trend during the night of September 17-18 after accusing the vessel of attempting an unauthorized passage through the strait. The Associated

LONDON — Iran-linked hackers reportedly succeeded in forcing a British power plant offline for four days, transforming years of warnings about Tehran’s cyber capabilities into a disturbing example of real-world disruption against Western energy infrastructure. The attack reportedly struck a small British generating facility last month. The plant has not been publicly identified, but British officials confirmed that a small-scale energy generator was affected and said the inci

WASHINGTON DC — A strike in the Caspian Sea has opened another dangerous chapter in the widening geopolitical confrontation surrounding Russia’s war in Ukraine, with Iran now demanding compensation from Kyiv after an Iranian vessel was hit last month. The dispute centers on a July 25 Ukrainian strike against shipping in the Caspian Sea. Ukraine initially announced attacks against two Russian vessels that it said were carrying military cargo from Iran. Tehran subsequently said