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Check out these images of the tanker attack

Jun 13, 2019

(Photo: News Agency Of The (IRIB) Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting)

(Photo: News Agency Of The (IRIB) Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting)

A tanker in the Gulf of Oman near the strategic Strait of Hormuz were reportedly attacked on Thursday. (Photo/Iranian Student News Agency)

(Photo: News Agency Of The (IRIB) Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting)

Satellite image of one of the damaged tankers on fire in the Gulf of Oman

The smoke from tankers burning in the Gulf of Oman can be seen from space.

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