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Tehran says it has captured oil tanker carrying Iranian oil for trying to ‘damage and disrupt’ exports
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleIran says it has redirected a US-sanctioned oil tanker carrying Iranian oil back to its shores, though it is unclear from its statement why it would have returned it.
“The Islamic Republic of Iran’s navy, through a specially planned operation in the Sea of Oman, seized the offending tanker Ocean Koi,” the army says in a statement carried by state television, adding that the oil belonged to the “Islamic Republic.”
It says the ship was redirected to Iran’s southern shores after it sought “to damage and disrupt Iran’s oil exports,” without elaborating.
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