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Iran seizes Eswatini-flagged vessel for smuggling fuel
Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized a vessel with 350,000 litres of unauthorized fuel amid ongoing regional tensions and sanctions enforcement.
- On Sunday, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized an Eswatini-flagged vessel and took it to Bushehr, Iran, after intercepting it in territorial waters.
- Amid rising tensions with Western states, Iranian forces regularly target tankers accused of illegal fuel transport in the Strait of Hormuz as Omani-mediated talks have stalled.
- State media quoted authorities saying the tanker violated rules while carrying 350,000 litres of fuel with 13 crew members from a neighbouring country and India.
- The African kingdom issued a formal denial and rebuke, stating the Kingdom of Eswatini has no connection and no ships are authorised to fly its flag after the IRGC seized the vessel Sunday.
- Earlier in November, Iran also seized a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker as UN sanctions were reinstated in September via the 'snapback' mechanism, while Tehran maintains its nuclear programme is peaceful.
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