Iran s navy captured an oil tanker Thursday in the Gulf of Oman that only months earlier had seen its cargo of Iranian oil seized by the United States over sanctions
Iran's navy captured an oil tanker Thursday in the Gulf of Oman that only months earlier had seen its cargo of Iranian oil seized by the United States over.
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.
Iran's navy seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman and forced it to change course. "The Navy of the Republic of Iran seized an American oil tanker in the waters of the Gulf of Oman in accordance with a court order," the official IRNA news agency said. The seizure was in retaliation for "violation committed by the Suez Rajan ship. and the theft of Iranian oil by the United States", IRNA said. "The Iranian government must immediately release the ship and its crew," according to the US State Department of State.