US forces board sanctioned vessel without incident, Pentagon says

The U.S. forces boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean overnight without incident, the Pentagon announced Tuesday morning. 

The Pentagon said U.S. personnel performed a “right-of-visit, maritime” interdiction and boarded the “stateless sanctioned” M/T Tifani in the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command (Indopacom) area of responsibility. 

“As we have made clear, we will pursue global maritime enforcement efforts to disrupt illicit networks and interdict sanctioned vessels providing material support to Iran—anywhere they operate,” the Pentagon said in a social media post. “International waters are not a refuge for sanctioned vessels.” 

M/T Tifani, which has been sanctioned by the U.S. government, is linked to ENSA Ship Management, which was slapped with sanctions by........

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