Iran s navy captured the oil tanker St. Nikolas on Thursday in the Gulf of Oman which only months earlier had seen its cargo of Iranian oil seized by the United States over sanctions linked to Tehran s nuclear program, further escalating the tensions gripping the Mideast s waterways.
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DUBAI Iran seized a tanker with Iraqi crude destined for Turkey on Thursday (Jan 11) in retaliation for the confiscation last year of the same vessel and its oil by the US, Iranian state media reported, a move likely to stoke regional tensions. The seizure of the Marshall Islands-flagged St Nikolas coincides with weeks of attacks by Yemen's Iran-backed.