Iran seized an oil tanker bound for the United States in the Gulf of Oman in what the U.S. Navy on Thursday said is part of Tehran's 'continued harassment' of vessels operating in international waters.
‘s state-controlled press also reported Thursday that Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has just finished up a two-day trip to Muscat for talks with top Omani officials.
The focus of the talks was reportedly seeking to build on a 2016 regional accord to create an international transport and transit corridor in the heavily trafficked waters between Central Asia and the Persian Gulf. Nearly 20% of the world’s oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow waterway between
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