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2025-07-17 Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran seizes foreign tanker for smuggling 2 million liters of fuel, crew arrested
[IsraelTimes] Chief justice says ship stopped in Gulf of Oman lacked legal documents about its cargo, 17 crew members taken into custody; no details given on name of vessel or flag it was flying

A foreign tanker was seized by Iran
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in the Gulf of Oman for smuggling 2 million liters of fuel, the chief justice of Hormozgan province said on Wednesday, according to Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency.

"During the continuous process of monitoring and surveilling suspicious fuel smuggling movements in the Gulf of Oman, officers inspected a foreign tanker due to its lack of legal documents regarding its cargo and seized it on charges of carrying 2 million liters of smuggled fuel," Hormozgan Chief Justice Mojtaba Ghahremani said, according to the report.

The judiciary official added that 17 crew members were arrested and that a judicial case was opened at the Jask county prosecutor’s office.

There was no additional information regarding the name of the tanker or the flag to which it is registered.

Iran, which has some of the world’s lowest fuel prices due to heavy subsidies and the plunge in the value of its national currency, has been fighting rampant fuel smuggling by land to neighboring countries and by sea to Gulf Arab states.

"The actions of fuel smugglers who, in coordination with foreigners, attempt to plunder national wealth will not remain hidden from the judiciary and punishment of perpetrators, if their crimes are proven, will be without leniency," Ghahremani said, according to the report.

Authorities are conducting laboratory tests and reviewing documents to verify the cargo’s contents and legality, the report said.

The seizure comes months after Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intercepted two Tanzanian-flagged tankers allegedly transporting 1.5 million liters of diesel in the Gulf.

Those vessels were later transferred to the port of Bushehr for legal proceedings.

The vessels, the Sea Ranger and Salama, had 25 foreign crew members, according to Iranian media.
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