DUBAI (AP): Iran seized a Vietnamese-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman last month and still holds the vessel, two US officials said on Wednesday (Nov 3), revealing the latest provocation in Mideast waters as tensions escalate between Iran and the United States over Teheran's nuclear programme.
Iran's powerful paramilitary Revolutionary Guard troops took control of the MV Southys, a vessel that analysts suspect of trying to transfer sanctioned Iranian crude oil to Asia, on Oct 24 at gunpoint.
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