Iran Seizes Small Oil Tanker Suspected of Smuggling Fuel
- Third foreign vessel taken by Revolutionary Guards since July
- The allegedly smuggled volume is minuscule amount in oil terms
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized a foreign oil tanker in the Persian Gulf on July 31, compounding concerns about the safety of shipping in a region crucial to oil exports.
The vessel -- the third foreign ship seized by the guards in the Gulf since July 14 -- is suspected of smuggling a large volume of fuel, the Guards said on their Sepah News portal, without giving any details about the flag or nationality of the ship or its operator.