Iran, US claims conflict over Hormuz as 3 Indian crude tankers emerge

Three fully laden India-linked supertankers have re-emerged in the Gulf of Oman, adding to increased reports of traffic moving both ways across the northern and southern routes of the Strait of Hormuz, while conflicting narratives over the status of transits persist.The Desh Vibhor, Desh Vaibhav and Sanmar Herald were observed in the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea on Sunday, after having been last seen signalling their attempt to cross the Strait of Hormuz late on Friday, according to ship-tracking data.The supertankers, each signalling Indian ownership or India-bound cargo, carry nearly 6 million barrels of Iraqi and Kuwaiti oil. It could not be immediately determined the routes that these tankers took, but their attempts to sail towards the Iranian island of Qeshm suggest they may have taken a route approved by Tehran.