Iran seizes oil tanker in Gulf, arrests crew: Guards website
- 29-Jul-2024
TEHRAN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have seized a Togo-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf and arrested its nine-person crew over alleged fuel smuggling, the military force said Monday on its Sepahnews website. “On Friday morning, an oil tanker named Pearl G, carrying the flag of the African country of Togo… was seized by judicial order,” said […]
Iran seizes second oil tanker in a week in Gulf, US Navy says
- 04-May-2023
Iran has seized a second oil tanker in a week on Wednesday in Gulf waters, the U.S. Navy said, the latest escalation in a series of seizures or attacks on commercial vessels in Gulf waters since 2019. The Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet of the U.S. Navy said the Panama-flagged oil tanker Niovi was seized by Iran’s […]
Iran seizes oil tanker in Gulf, US Navy says
- 28-Apr-2023
Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman in international waters on Thursday, the U.S. Navy said, the latest in a series of seizures or attacks on commercial vessels in sensitive Gulf waters since 2019. Iran’s army said it had seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman […]