The U.S. military says it has seized an Iranian-flagged tanker in the Gulf of Oman

The American army announced that it had boarded on Tuesday in the Gulf of Oman an Iranian-flagged tanker suspected of attempting to bypass the American blockade of Iranian ports, adding that it had diverted a total of 91 ships to enforce compliance with this measure.

The American military announced that it had boarded on Tuesday in the Gulf of Oman an oil tanker flying the Iranian flag suspected of attempting to circumvent the U.S. blockade of Iranian ports, adding that it had diverted a total of 91 ships to enforce compliance with this measure. On Tuesday, “Marines (…) boarded in the Gulf of Oman the M/T Celestial Sea, a commercial oil tanker flying the Iranian flag suspected of having attempted to violate the U.S. blockade by heading to an Iranian port,” explained the U.S. command for the Middle East (Centcom), adding that the ship had been searched and had changed course.