The Indian-flagged oil tanker, Jag Prakash, which is carrying gasoline from Oman ​to Africa, has set sail from east ‌of the Strait of Hormuz, an Indian government official said on Friday.

Gulf shipping has been disrupted over the past ​two weeks as Iran targets the region in ​retaliation for the U.S.-Israeli attacks on it.

Rajesh Kumar ⁠Sinha, India’s special secretary at the ministry of ​shipping, told reporters that there were four Indian-flagged ​vessels stuck east of the Strait of Hormuz, in the Gulf of Oman, on Thursday, of which one, the Jag Prakash, ​had now set sail.

“Three vessels remain stuck at ​the east side, they have 76 Indian sailors onboard,” he ‌said.

Sinha ⁠added that 24 Indian-flagged vessels were stuck west of the Strait, in the Persian Gulf, on Friday, the same number as on Thursday, with a total ​of 677 Indian ​sailors onboard.

Iran’s ⁠new supreme leader said on Thursday that the country will fight on and ​keep Hormuz shut as leverage against the ​United States ⁠and Israel, in defiant first comments attributed to him since he succeeded his slain father.

Ship-tracking data from ⁠Kpler ​showed the Jag Prakash will discharge ​fuel loaded at Oman’s Sohar Port at Tanzania’s Tanga Port on ​March 21.

REUTERS