Tanker Advantage Sweet was bound for the US when it was seized on Thursday. Tehran claims without evidence that the ship collided with an Iranian boat.
As many as 24 Indian crew members were aboard a US-bound oil tanker that Iranian commandos had seized, the vessel s operator said on Friday, adding that they were seeking to obtain their release
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The United States recently redirected a tanker attempting to ship Iranian crude oil to China, an action that likely triggered Tehran’s seizure this week of an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, U.S. officials say.