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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seize 2 foreign-crewed oil tankers in Gulf
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An Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel watches an American warship in the Strait of Hormuz May 19, 2023. (Jon Gambrell/AP)
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have seized two oil tankers with their foreign crews in Gulf waters for “smuggling fuel,” the Tasnim news agency reports.
It is not immediately clear what flags the tankers were carrying nor the nationalities of the crew.
The seizures took place amid heightened tension, as Washington dispatched a naval group to the region after Tehran’s deadly response to anti-government protests and US President Donald Trump’s warning that Tehran must accept a nuclear deal.
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