Iran seizes foreign tanker over fuel smuggling

Iranian authorities have seized a foreign tanker accused of smuggling fuel in the Gulf waters and arrested its 17 crew members, local media reported Monday. "Police border guards in Hormozgan province seized a tanker named Phoenix, flyin

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Published 12 August 2025, 8:00 · Updated 18:12

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Iran seizes foreign tanker over fuel smuggling

TDT | Tehran

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Iranian authorities have seized a foreign tanker accused of smuggling fuel in the Gulf waters and arrested its 17 crew members, local media reported Monday.

“Police border guards in Hormozgan province seized a tanker named Phoenix, flying the flag of a third country, in Iranian territorial waters,” ISNA news agency reported, without elaborating.

It added that forces arrested “17 foreign suspects” aboard the vessel which was found to be carrying “more than two million litres of smuggled fuel.”

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