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Iran's IRGC seizes two tankers in Gulf over alleged oil smuggling

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05.02.2026

WASHINGTON — Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Thursday said its forces seized two tankers carrying more than a million liters of smuggled oil.

Iran’s Tasnim News Agency reported that 15 foreign crew members were detained and referred for criminal prosecution.

The nationalities of the crew members were not immediately clear. Iranian naval forces have regularly intercepted vessels smuggling oil in the Gulf in recent years.

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