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| US forces seize Chinese cargo ship delivering military equipment to Iran - WSJ |
| 2025-12-13 |
Hattip Grom. [JerusalemPost] The ship was boarded on the Indian Ocean a month ago, with military equipment being seized, officials revealed to the Wall Street Journal.US forces seized a Chinese cargo headed to Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneouslytaking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militiasto extend the regime's influence. The word Iranis a cognate form of Aryan.The abbreviation IRGCis the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA).The term Supreme Guideis a the modern version form of either Duceor Führeror maybe both. They hate as part of an operation to disrupt the rearming of Iranian regime forces, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday. The ship was boarded on the Indian Ocean a month ago, and several pieces of military equipment were seized, officials revealed to the US newspaper. The previously undisclosed operation occured near the coast of Sri Lanka, with US operatives tracking the weapons shipment and intercepting it before letting the vessel continue on its way. This marks the first time in years that the US military intercepted a Chinese-origin vessel en route to Iran. The name of the ship and its owner were not identified in the report. CHINA-IRAN RELATIONS On October 29, CNN ...formerly the Cable News Network, now who know what it might stand for... reported that Iran was rebuilding its missile capabilities with aid from China, despite the guidance of United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... sanctions. European intelligence sources told CNN that Iran received shipments containing over 2,000 tons of sodium perchlorate, which can be used for both civilian purposes and also as a key ingredient in the production of ammonium perchlorate. Ammonium perchlorate is an oxidizer used in a solid fuel propellant to build Iranian ballistic missiles. In late September, the United Nations reimposed “snapback” sanctions on Iran, aiming to halt and prevent any Iranian operations related to creating weapons with nuclear capabilities. US forces boarded the ship several hundred miles off the coast of Sri Lanka, according to the newspaper, which added the vessel was later allowed to proceed. According to the report, the shipment consisted of dual-use items — ones with potential applications in civilian and military fields — that could be used in Iran’s missile program. The report cited an American official as saying US intelligence indicated the shipment was headed for Iranian companies known to be intermediaries for the country’s missile development efforts. The action was part of a campaign by the US Defense Department to cut off Iran’s covert arms supply networks. In a separate incident, Iran seized an oil tanker it claimed was illegally transporting Iranian fuel in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian media said overnight Friday to Saturday, adding that 18 crew members from India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh were on board. “An oil tanker carrying six million liters of contraband diesel fuel has been boarded off the coast of the Sea of Oman,” the Fars news agency said, quoting an official from the southern province of Hormozgan. “The vessel had disabled all its navigation systems.” Iranian forces regularly announce the interception of ships it says are illegally transporting fuel in the Gulf. Retail fuel prices in Iran are among the lowest in the world, making smuggling it to other countries particularly profitable. Iran seized an oil tanker in Gulf waters last month “for carrying an unauthorized cargo,” dismissing suggestions it was a retaliatory measure against another country. The latest interception came two days after the United States seized an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. According to Washington, the ship’s captain was transporting oil from Venezuela and Iran. The US Treasury sanctioned Venezuela in 2022 for alleged ties to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and Hezbollah. “The seizure of this vessel highlights our successful efforts to impose costs on the governments of Venezuela and Iran,” FBI Director Kash Patel said in a statement on Friday. Sources told Reuters that the US is preparing to intercept more ships transporting Venezuelan oil. |
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