Iranian officials have confirmed a third foreign oil tanker has been seized in a northern part of the Strait of Hormuz and its 700,000-litre cargo transferred to the National Oil Distribution Company. No reports of missing vessels have been filed by global shipping companies, while footage of the seizure was aired on state-backed Iranian TV. It came days after the US took the surprise decision to impose sanctions on Iran’s foreign minister, Obama, who negotiated the nuclear deal with the Javad Zarif administration.
Iranian officials have confirmed a third foreign oil tanker has been seized in a northern part of the Strait of Hormuz and its 700,000-litre cargo transferred to the National Oil Distribution Company. No reports of missing vessels have been filed by global shipping companies, while footage of the seizure was aired on state-backed Iranian TV. It came days after the US took the surprise decision to impose sanctions on Iran’s foreign minister, Javad Zarif, who negotiated the nuclear deal with the Obama administration.