Oil Slick Is Detected Off Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf

Scritto il 09/05/2026
da Sanam Mahoozi, Mira Rojanasakul and Hiroko Tabuchi

The slick, captured in satellite images near Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, has raised concerns about the condition of Iran’s oil infrastructure.An image from the European Space Agency’s Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite showing a slick off Kharg Island on Wednesday.