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Iran seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman that was headed for Texas on April 27, according to the U.S. Navy. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) took ...
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South Korea Deploys Warship to Patrol Persian Gulf After Iran Seizes Tanker
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US Says Iran Briefly Seizes Oil Tanker Near Strait of Hormuz
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Iran Prepared to Retaliate If US Stops Venezuela-Bound Tankers: News Agency
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Five Iranian tankers likely carrying at least $45.5 million worth of gasoline and similar products are now sailing ...
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South Korea to Deploy Anti-Piracy Unit to the Strait of Hormuz
South Korea's military said on Tuesday it plans to expand the deployment of an anti-piracy unit now operating ...
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Two missiles struck an Iranian tanker traveling through the Red Sea off the coast of Saudi Arabia on ...
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Satellite Images Show Iran Oil Tanker Sought by US Off Syria
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August 4, 2019
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Iran Seizes Foreign Oil Tanker Accused of Smuggling Fuel: State TV
The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has seized a foreign oil tanker because it was smuggling fuel, according to ...
July 18, 2019
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President Donald Trump said on June 24 that foreign countries should protect their own oil tankers in the ...
June 24, 2019
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Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said Iran was responsible for the June 13 attacks against two oil tankers ...
June 13, 2019
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June 13, 2019
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