Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps says it has seized a foreign vessel with 12-crew members carrying one million barrels of oil.
In an official Iranian media statement early on Thursday, the country's military asserted the tanker was caught "Smuggling" the fuel through the Strait of Hormuz.
While details to the breaking story remain confused, with some early reports speculating it could be reference to the Riah tanker which since the past weekend disappeared as it drifted toward Iranian waters in the Strait of Hormuz, what is clear is that Tehran is ramping up the pressure, perhaps now making good on its longtime threat to cut off global shipping through the vital oil passageway.
"A foreign vessel smuggling one million liters of fuel in the Lark Island of the Persian Gulf has been seized," state run ISNA said, adding that the ship was seized on Sunday.
The ship had loaded the fuel from Iranian dhows and was about to hand it over to other foreign vessels in farther waters.
The vessel, which had 12 foreign crewmembers aboard at the time of the mission, is capable of carrying two million liters of fuel.
In the past days Iran has vowed to "Answer" the UK's seizure and detention of the 'Grace 1' which had been transporting 2 million barrels of Iranian oil to Syria.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-18/iran-announces-irgc-seized-foreign-tanker-smuggling-fuel-gulf
In an official Iranian media statement early on Thursday, the country's military asserted the tanker was caught "Smuggling" the fuel through the Strait of Hormuz.
While details to the breaking story remain confused, with some early reports speculating it could be reference to the Riah tanker which since the past weekend disappeared as it drifted toward Iranian waters in the Strait of Hormuz, what is clear is that Tehran is ramping up the pressure, perhaps now making good on its longtime threat to cut off global shipping through the vital oil passageway.
"A foreign vessel smuggling one million liters of fuel in the Lark Island of the Persian Gulf has been seized," state run ISNA said, adding that the ship was seized on Sunday.
The ship had loaded the fuel from Iranian dhows and was about to hand it over to other foreign vessels in farther waters.
The vessel, which had 12 foreign crewmembers aboard at the time of the mission, is capable of carrying two million liters of fuel.
In the past days Iran has vowed to "Answer" the UK's seizure and detention of the 'Grace 1' which had been transporting 2 million barrels of Iranian oil to Syria.
https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2019-07-18/iran-announces-irgc-seized-foreign-tanker-smuggling-fuel-gulf
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