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Multiple oil spills due to ship bombing threaten ecological sensitie areas
The 'Shahid Bagheri', bombed on March 6, started leaking heavy fuel, which was drifting towards Hara mangrove forest, home to migrating birds and endangered turtles in one of the Middle East’s most important wetlands. The ship has been grounded in shallow waters in the middle Khuran strait, a narrow, ecologically important channel between the Iranian mainland and the island of Qeshm. With Iran still under heavy bombardment, no one has been able to begin cleaning up the spill, and the oil has drifted slowly westwards towards the Hara biosphere reserve, the largest mangrove forest on the Gulf shoreline. The fuel load was likely to have been significant with the ship having a range of 22,000 nautical miles and could go a year between refuelling. By March 18, the oil had drifted 16 miles southwest, in the direction of Hara. Circular currents washing around the strait, where the converted container ship was moored, have meant the oil has moved slowly. The circulation[of the current washes through the Khuran strait, where the vessel was sunk, so there is a general westward progression of the water despite the tides going back and forth. On March 27, rainfall appeared to sweep sediment into the strait, into which the oil began to mix. On March 28 it appeared to have drifted a further 20 kilometres at least. The spill was, however, just the most significant currently in the Gulf. The US sank a number of Iranian ships at the start of the war, while Iran has struck a number of container ships and oil tankers with drones and missiles to police its blockade of the strait of Hormuz. Three small spills were logged off the coast of Iraq and Kuwait, and another in the Strait of Hormuz from the sunken container ship 'Safeen Prestige'. The US torpedo attack on the Iranian navy ship 'Dena' off the coast of Sri Lanka had also caused a spill, which was dealt with by Sri Lankan authorities. Report with photo: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/07/oil-slick-shahid-bagheri-iran-ship-hara-wetland
Former container ship sunk by US forces
The US succeeded in sinking the 42,000-ton Iranian drone carrier 'Shahid Bagheri', the former container ship 'Begarin', which was being used to launch the unmanned vehicles at US military base and Gulf allies. The 'Shahid Bagheri' was stationed in the Gulf of Oman and was being used as a launchpad to attack US military bases and the country's allies in the Gulf. With a 180-meter flight deck, it also carried medium-range air defense systems, along with the UAVs and choppers. The Islamic Republic of Iran had commissioned the ship only in 2025. It was named after the martyr ('Shahid') Bahman Bagheri, an IRGC commander who died in Iraq in 1997. The ship belonged to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, and was sunk by US forces as part of the ongoing Operation Epic Fury. Although the armed forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran were still possessing a powerful drone armada, they have been significantly weakened by this attack. Since the sinking of the Japanese battleship 'Yamato' on April 7, 1945, no warship of this size has been sunk in a war. The sinking of the 'Shahid Bagheri' is comparable to the sinking of the 'HMS Hood,' also 42,000 tons, or the 'Bismarck' with 47,000 tons. On March 2, the Centcom announced, that all 11 Iranian Navy ships had been sunk. Report with photos and videos: https://www.wionews.com/photos/iran-us-latest-mothership-shahid-bagheri-attacked-11-warships-go-down-1772508626522/1772508626523 https://x.com/i/status/2028553001644736808 https://x.com/CENTCOM/status/2029725370371424476
China launches Maritime Silk Road connecting Middle East and the Beibu Gulf
China has launched the first shipping route to connect the Middle East and the Beibu Gulf, south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, which comprises the ports of Qinzhou, Beihai and Fangchenggang, according to Chinese state news agency Xinhua. The Iranian container ship ‘Perarin’ arrived at Qinzhou Port on January 27, 2016 to deliver 978 containers from several countries along the Maritime Silk Road. The Maritime Silk Road was proposed by China to boost foreign trading in and around the Indian Ocean and as a way to boost trading relationships. It was previously reported that Li Keqiang, Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China had struck a deal with Malaysia as part of its Maritime Silk Road plan. The deal aims to boost business relations between China’s Lianyungang Port and Malaysia’s Port Klang.
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