Iran denies reports its tankers have been seized by the US

The Iranian supertanker Grace 1 is seen off the coast of Gibraltar on August 15, 2019. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP)
The Iranian supertanker Grace 1 is seen off the coast of Gibraltar on August 15, 2019. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP)

Iran’s oil ministry denies reports, attributed to the Iraqi oil minister, about Iranian oil tankers being seized by the United States, Iran’s oil ministry news agency SHANA reports.

Iraq’s oil minister, Hayan Abdel-Ghani, has said that Iranian oil tankers seized by US forces in the Gulf were using forged Iraqi documents.

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