Iran Seizes Oil Tanker Involved in US-Iran Dispute in Gulf of Oman | Algemeiner.com

Iran seized a tanker with Iraqi crude destined for Turkey on Thursday in retaliation for the confiscation last year of the same vessel and its oil by the United States, Iranian state media reported, a move likely to stoke regional tensions.
The seizure of the Marshall Islands-flagged St Nikolas coincides with weeks of attacks by Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels targeting Red Sea shipping routes.