The Gulf (also known as the Persian Gulf or the Arabian Gulf) lies between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. A third of crude oil exports transported via ships pass through the Strait, which makes it the world’s most important oil artery. Three years later, Iran started attacking vessels carrying Iraqi fuel turning the Gulf waters into a war zone. With ships again coming under attack in the Gulf region, memories of the Tanker War are being revived. In the 1980s, the tanker war was largely a war of economic attrition.

Source: The Hindu June 15, 2019 14:15 UTC