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Iran seizes foreign oil tanker carrying smuggled fuel

30 Jul 2024 - 10:12

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized a foreign oil tanker carrying more than 700,000 liters of smuggled fuel in the north of the Persian Gulf.


Afghan Voice Agency (AVA) - Monitoring: The Public Relations of the Third Naval Region of the IRGC announced in a statement that this tanker, with nine Indian crew members, was seized on Friday morning in the northern waters of the Persian Gulf near the Arash oil field. 
The seizure of this ship, named "Pearl G", was carried out based on a judicial order. 
The IRGC statement mentioned that the aforementioned ship, which was owned by an Iraqi individual residing in the United Arab Emirates, was loading smuggled fuel from Iranian launches when it was seized. 
The seized oil tanker, along with its crew, has been transferred to Imam Khomeini Port./Fars 


Story Code: 294401

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