carrying millions of liters of smuggled fuel. >> state media reports this small tanker was ambushed during an anti-smuggling operation in the strait of hormuz. barbara starr is with us now. do we know where the ship was from. >> we do not. the iranians are not saying that much publicly. the u.s. is wondering, speculating, probably wondering is a better word, if this ship is actually the tanker that disappeared over the weekend that the u.s. had been looking for to see what its fate was. there was a small tanker that went into iranian waters. the u.s. was not certain what circumstances took it there. but iran at one point had said it had helped tow this small disabled tanker and now, suddenly today, they're saying they seized a tanker that was involved in smuggling. not exactly clear if they are the same ship. >> another part of this, as