Iran has seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman and is transferring it to an Iranian port in retaliation for the United States confiscating the same vessel and its oil last year, Tasnim News ...

The oil tanker, then known as the Suez Rajan ... “immediately release” the crew and the ship. “We condemn the Iranian seizure of the St. Nicholas,” State Department Deputy Spokesperson ...

and wants to be repaid and to deter further seizures of its oil. The Pentagon spokesman, Maj. Gen. Patrick Ryder, called on Iran “to release the tanker and the crew immediately.” ...

A spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Justice declined to comment on the oil seizure. IRNA quoted Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization as saying the tanker had sought refuge along the ...

The seizure of the Marshall Islands ... "After the theft of Iranian oil by the United States last year, St Nikolas tanker was seized by Iran's Navy this morning with a judicial order ...

“The U.S. Navy responded immediately and prevented those seizures.” The U.S. Navy says Iran tried to seize two oil tankers near the strategic Strait of Hormuz, July 5, 2023, firing shots at ...

The US military is sending forces to the Persian Gulf in response to Iran's seizure of oil tankers. The deployments have been compared to a US operation in 1987-1988 to defend tankers from Iranian ...

The stringent US sanctions put in place during President Donald Trump’s two terms in office could be tightened as ...

In the meantime, Iran has seized two tankers near the ... media linking the recent seizures to the cargo's fate. “We hereby declare that we would hold any oil company that sought to unload ...