A second report published by a telegram account connected
with the Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps provide a different account. This
report claims that sometime ago, US forces intercepted an Iranian tanker loaded
with Iranian oil on its way to Venezuela. US forces boarded that tanker, transferred
its content to a second tanker and let the crew of the Iranian tanker go. The Crew
reported to Iranian authorities what happened and described the tanker used by
US forces. Days ago, Iranian auth
orities identified the same tanker used by US
forces in this earlier incident in the area and continued to monitor it. When
the tanker was loaded with oil from some country in the region and started its
journey out of the Gulf, it was intercepted by Iran’s revolutionary guards
corps in the Sea of Oman and directed it to Iranian territorial waters while US
tried several attempts to rescue the tanker, but failed.
As of this writing, no official statement was issued by US
and Iran governments. It is likely that now the tanker is in Iranian waters, an
official statement will be released by the Iranian authorities.
It should be noted however that the second report is the
more likely the factual one when cross-referencing other events. US authorities
under the Trump administration have already disclosed that US forces
intercepted Iranian shipments of oil to Venezuela, seized the oil, and sold it.
This event might be the payback for that event.
Developing Story: Iran says thwarts US attempt to 'steal' oil in Oman Sea
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