Name: Iran war updates: IEA to release oil reserves; ships hit in Hormuz Strait
Uploaded: 2026-03-11T00:00:00Z
Duration: 1 min 4 s
Description: These were the updates from the US and Israel’s war on Iran from Wednesday, March 11, 2026.

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Trump: US destroys ‘inactive’ Iranian mine-laying vessels

By Lyndal Rowlands, Zaid Sabah, Tim Hume, Elis Gjevori, Mariamne Everett, Virginia Pietromarchi, Caolán Magee and Federica Marsi

The International Energy Agency has agreed to release a record 400 million barrels of crude oil in response to the disruption caused by the US-Israel war on Iran.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) says its navy fired on and stopped two vessels in the Strait of Hormuz after they ignored warnings.