Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have seized two oil tankers with their foreign crews in Gulf waters for “smuggling fuel,” the Tasnim news agency reported Thursday.
It was not immediately clear what flags the tankers were carrying nor the nationalities of the crew. The seizures took place amid heightened tension after Washington dispatched a naval group to the region after Tehran’s deadly response to anti-government protests.
“More than one million liters of smuggled fuel were found on board of the two vessels,” Tasnim reported, and a total of “15 foreign crew members were referred to the judiciary.” (AFP)
