The announcement comes after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized a Panama-flagged oil tanker called Niovi on May 3, as the ship was traveling through the Strait of Hormuz.
A U.S. Navy drone boat and U.S. Coast Guard cutter transit the Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, April 19, 2023. The strategic Strait of Hormuz on Wednesday, a crucial waterway for global energy supplies where American sailors often faces tense encounters with Iranian forces. | Information Systems Technician 1st Class Vincent Aguirre/U.S. Coast Guard via AP PhotoThe U.S.
The tanker left Dubai, and moved toward a UAE port when a dozen boats from the IRGC navy forced the tanker to head into Iranian waters. Over the past two years, the IRGC has attacked or disrupted 15 tankers as tensions between Iran and the U.S. grow over the country’s nuclear program.
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