Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps said in a statement that its units ‘tracked and seized the vessel following a judicial order to confiscate its cargo’, and further details would follow after a full inspection
IRAN has confirmed that it seized a tanker on November 14 in the Strait of Hormuz.
The 2010-built, Marshall Islands-flagged, 73,371 dwt crude oil tanker Talara (IMO: 9569994) left Hamriyah in the UAE on Thursday.
While sailing towards Singapore through the Gulf of Oman, at 0822 hrs local time on Friday, November 14, the vessel made a sudden course deviation 22 nautical miles east of Khor Fakkan.
It is now confirmed that the vessel was forced to Iranian waters by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.
The IRGC said in a statement that their units “tracked and seized the vessel following a judicial order to confiscate its cargo” to “protect national interests” and directed it to an Iranian anchorage “for investigation into violations”.
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