US energy secretary's post saying US escorted tanker in Hormuz deleted

Markets have been roiled by the US-Israel war on Iran, and oil dropped sharply after Wright's initial announcement. It pared back some of those losses after the post was deleted. The US Energy Department and Pentagon did not immediately respond to AFP requests for comment on the issue. No US ships have so far been confirmed to have escorted oil tankers in the key waterway since the war was launched on February 28, and Wright's initial post marked the first time a US official had said this had occurred.