Iran Seizes Two Ships and Issues Jail Sentences in Fuel Smuggling Crackdown

Iran Seizes Two Ships and Issues Jail Sentences in Fuel Smuggling Crackdown

Iran’s efforts at stopping fuel smuggling are continuing with local media outlets citing additional cases of vessels being seized and crews prosecuted. An Iranian court is reported to have handed down stiff jail sentences in two cases today and hours later the semi-governmental news agency Fars reported two more vessels have been apprehended. According to the media reports, Iran claims that it has seized 4.5 million liters of smuggled diesel fue…

Iran authorities seize two vessels carrying 'smuggled fuel' in Gulf

The vessels were reportedly carrying 1.5 million liters of smuggled diesel fuel, according to the Deputy Commander of the IRGC’s Second Naval Zone, General Masoud Forootan.

Iran Seizes Two More Tankers & Detains 25 Crew Members For Fuel Smuggling

Image for representation purposes only Iranian authorities have captured two more tankers and issued strong legal penalties for the crews of two previously detained ships. According to local media reports, two Tanzanian-flagged vessels, namely Sea Ranger and Salama, were stopped by Iranian forces near the central port city of Bushehr in the Persian Gulf. The ships, carrying a total of 1.5 million litres of diesel fuel, were attempting to leave I…

Iran's Fars News Agency reported on Tuesday that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy had seized two foreign vessels in the Gulf waters, allegedly smuggling Iranian fuel out of the country. According to the report, the two ships were flying Tanzanian flags and were caught transporting large quantities of smuggled fuel. The report explained that the detained vessels, named Sea Ranger and Salama, were transporting approximately 1.5 mi…

Iran has seized two foreign oil tankers, reportedly carrying 1.5 million litres of smuggled fuel, with the Tanzanian flags flying.

Iran has seized two foreign ships smuggling Iranian fuel in the Gulf maritime region, a local media reported on Tuesday (April 22). “The Revolutionary Guards, Iran's ideological army, seized two Tanzanian-flagged ships carrying 1.5 million litres of smuggled diesel fuel,” the Fars news agency said. “The ships, Sea Ranger and Salama, had a crew of 25 members of foreign nationality,” the Fars news agency said, without giving further details on the…