Iran claims 'trillion-dollar' pollution damage as Gulf oil spills spread

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Oil pollution from a damaged bulk carrier has spread to Iran's Qeshm Island and its mangrove forests, while a sanctioned Russian tanker leaked a large oil slick off Oman's coast, impacting 40 kilometers of coastline. Iran claims the pollution damage could be valued at a trillion dollars.

Oil residues from a struck bulk carrier reached Iran's Qeshm Island and its protected mangrove forests, while a sanctioned Russian shadow fleet tanker grounded off Oman has leaked a slick that has grown to more than 2,000 square kilometres, fouling 40 kilometres of Omani coastline.