Iranian Revolutionary Guards seized an Iraqi oil tanker in the Gulf which they s...
DUBAI - Iranian Revolutionary Guards seized an Iraqi oil tanker in the Gulf which they said was smuggling fuel and detained seven crewmen, Iran’s state media reported on Sunday, in a show of power amid heightened tension with the West.
Zirahi said it was carrying 700,000 liters of fuel, without elaborating on the nationalities of the detained crewmen. A spokesman for the U.S. Navy’s Bahrain-based Fifth Fleet said they had no information to confirm the media reports. Iran also has threatened to block all exports through the Strait, if countries heed U.S. calls to stop buying Iranian oil. One-fifth of global oil consumption passes through the Strait from Middle East crude producers to major markets.
European parties to the deal - Britain, France and Germany - have instead appealed for diplomatic moves to defuse the crisis and have been trying to salvage the pact by exploring ways to shield Iran’s economy from U.S. sanctions.
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