The amount confiscated from four tankers was approximately 1.116-million barrels of fuel, the US justice department says
An oil tanker in the sea outside the Puerto La Cruz oil refinery in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela. Picture: REUTERS/ALEXANDRA ULMER
“With the assistance of foreign partners, this seized property is now in US custody,” the US justice department said in a statement, adding that the amount confiscated from four tankers was approximately 1.116-million barrels of fuel, making it the largest-ever US seizure of Iranian fuel. It did not specify when and where the seizure took place.
Tension between Iran and the US increased in 2019 following a series of incidents involving shipping in and near the Middle East Gulf.
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