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Iranian Navy Detains US Oil Tanker in Gulf of Oman

© Photo : Iranian mediaIranian television screengrab of seizure of a US-bound oil tanker which fled the scene of an accident in the Persian Gulf.
Iranian television screengrab of seizure of a US-bound oil tanker which fled the scene of an accident in the Persian Gulf. - Sputnik International, 1920, 11.01.2024
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TEHRAN (Sputnik) - On Thursday, a US oil tanker, previously caught in a regional standoff between Iran and US, was reportedly boarded by a group of armed individuals off the coast of Oman and appeared to have changed course toward Iran.
Iran’s naval forces on Thursday detained a US oil tanker in the waters of the Gulf of Oman, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported. According to Tasnim, the tanker was detained by court order.
The vessel was once involved in a dispute with the US Justice Department that saw a million barrels of Iranian crude oil seized.
UKTMO (United Kingdom Marine Trade Operations), which provides warnings to sailors in the Middle East, previously reported "of vessel being boarded by 4-5 armed unauthorized persons" who are "wearing military style black uniforms with black masks".
A picture taken on October 12, 2012 from the Egyptian port of Ismalia, 120 kilometers northeast of Cairo, shows US army destroyer USS Porter crossing the Suez Canal. - Sputnik International, 1920, 19.12.2023
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