Iran-backed forces seize tanker, maritime sources say; Iran denies it
By Lisa Barrington and Jonathan Saul
Reuters
DUBAI/LONDON (Reuters) -Iranian-backed forces are believed to have seized an oil tanker in the Gulf off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, three maritime security sources said, after Britain s maritime trade agency reported a potential hijack in the area on Tuesday.
Abolfazl Shekarchi, Iran s senior armed forces spokesman, denounced reports of maritime incidents and hijacking in the Gulf area as a kind of psychological warfare and setting the stage for new bouts of adventurism, the Fars News Agency said.
Two of the maritime sources identified the seized vessel as the Panama-flagged asphalt/bitumen tanker Asphalt Princess in an area in the Arabian Sea leading to the Strait of Hormuz, the conduit for about a fifth of the world s seaborne oil exports.
Royal Navy warns of potential hijack
Attack on tanker preceded latest incident in Gulf of Oman
Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab (Image: PA Wire/PA Images)
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The Royal Navy has warned of a “potential hijack” off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman – days after an attack on a tanker left a Briton and a Romanian dead.
Iran-Backed Forces Seize Oil Tanker Off UAE Coast: Report Iran-Backed Forces Seize Oil Tanker Off UAE Coast: Report Iran, however, denounced reports of maritime incidents and hijacking in the Gulf area as a kind of psychological warfare and setting the stage for new bouts of adventurism, a report said.
Tensions have simmered in the region after an attack last week on an Israeli-managed tanker. (File)
Dubai/London:
Iranian-backed forces are believed to have seized an oil tanker in the Gulf off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, three maritime security sources said, after Britain s maritime trade agency reported a potential hijack in the area on Tuesday.
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