Iran seizes two Greek oil tankers in Arabian Gulf
Tehran had threatened to take ‘punitive action’ over US seizure of Iranian oil tanker in Greek waters Iran’s navy has seized two Greek oil tankers in the Arabian Gulf, officials from both sides said on Friday. “ The Revolutionary Guards Navy today seized two Greek tankers for violations in Gulf waters,” said the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, in a statement quoted by state news agency IRNA. It gave no further details or say what the alleged violations were. Greece’s Foreign Ministry said Iranian authorities “violently took over” the two ships in an “act of piracy”. Asked about the Iranian claim, Commander Timothy Hawkins of the US Navy’s Middle East-based 5th Fleet told AP that “this is what we are tracking”, but declined to comment further. The reason for the seizure of the Delta Poseidon and Prudent Warrior was not given in the IRGC statement. Shipping news site Lloyds List said the ships are carrying oil taken on board at the southern Iraqi port of Basra. Prudent ...