On Monday night, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps launched a minimum of two missiles at commercial ships navigating the Strait of Hormuz, hitting the Qatari LNG tanker Al Rekayyat near Oman's coast and causing a fire in its engine compartment. The tanker, which transports liquefied natural gas, faces a severe risk of explosion. This assault poses a direct threat to energy supplies for 12 US states that rely on LNG imported via East Coast terminals, occurring at a time when US-Iran diplomatic talks were approaching a pivotal moment, with Trump cautioning at the NATO summit that he could 'complete the task' in a matter of hours.
