Iran’s Revolutionary Guards intercepted UAE-managed tanker, IRGC says

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has intercepted a Togo-flagged, UAE-managed products tanker carrying 1,500 tonnes of marine gas oil, the IRGC and British security firm Ambrey said on Monday.

The vessel had loaded marine gas oil off the coast of Iraq and was destined for UAE’s Sharjah when it was intercepted on Sunday, 61 nautical miles southwest of Iran’s port of Bushehr, Ambrey said.

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ Navy confirmed seizure of the tanker in a statement quoted by Iran’s state news agency...