Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman in international waters on Thursday, the U.S. Navy said, the latest in a series of seizures or attacks on commercial vessels in sensitive Gulf waters since 2019.
Iran's army said it had seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman after it collided with an Iranian boat, injuring several crewmen, Iranian state media reported.
The vessel's destination was listed as the U.S. Gulf of Mexico port of Houston, ship tracking data showed. Munro Anderson, with maritime security company Dryad, said separately that Iran usually detained vessels for "leverage or signalling".
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