Iran seizes foreign tanker over alleged fuel smuggling in Sea of Oman – Middle East Monitor

Iranian authorities have seized a foreign oil tanker carrying more than 2 million liters (528,000 gallons) of fuel, accusing it of smuggling, the state-run IRNA news agency reported Wednesday, Anadolu reports.

Mojtaba Ghahremani, judiciary chief for Iran’s southern Hormozgan province, said the vessel was intercepted in the Sea of Oman “due to deficiencies in the legal documents concerning the vessel’s cargo” and was charged with transporting smuggled…