Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have intercepted a vessel reportedly carrying 250,000 litres of fuel, according to the semi-official Iranian Students’ News Agency (ISNA).
“It was detained near Iran’s Greater Tunb island in the Persian Gulf… the crew have been handed over to legal authorities in the southern Hormozgan province,” ISNA said.
The article did not include details of the nationalities of the crewmen.
The reported seizure comes as fingers are pointed at Iran as the architect of a drone attack that significantly damaged oil facilities in Saudi Arabia and following a tit-for-tat seizure of oil tankers in previous months.
Earlier this month, satellite images showed the Adrian Darya-1 oil tanker (formerly known as Grace 1), docked near Syria.
The tanker has been renamed the Adrian Darya-1
The tanker had previously been held by the British Royal Marines off Gibraltar for several weeks back in July over concerns it would break sanctions on Syria by delivering oil to the country.
Iran retaliated by detaining the British-flagged Stena Impero in the Gulf.
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