Iran condemns US seizure of oil tanker off Venezuelan coast

U.S. Seizes Venezuelan Oil Tanker in Direct Challenge to Maduro Regime

A U.S. court on Friday released a heavily redacted warrant authorising the seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela, underscoring Washington’s escalating campaign to enforce sanctions against what it describes as narco-terrorist and terrorist-linked networks. The warrant allowed U.S. forces this week to take control of the tanker M/T Skipper, formerly known as the Adisa, in a helicopter-borne operation carried out by the Coast Guard j…

‘This is piracy’: Iran condemns US seizure of oil tanker off Venezuelan coast

TEHRAN – Iran has roundly condemned the seizure of an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela by U.S. forces.

‘Act of state piracy’: Iran blasts illegal US seizure of Venezuelan oil tanker

Iran condemns the US Navy’s attack on a commercial vessel carrying Venezuelan oil off the coast of the South American country as an “act of state piracy,” warning about the consequences of such coercive measures.

Venezuela Charges Washington With ‘Theft, Piracy’ After Seizure of Oil Tanker

Oil tanker. “DSC00030” by Brian Russell, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 In one of the scariest moments in modern history, we're doing our best at ScheerPost to pierce the fog of lies that conceal it but we need some help to pay our writers and staff. Please consider a tax-deductible donation. By The Cradle Venezuela has accused the US government of “blatant theft” and “piracy,” following Washington’s seizure of a Venezuelan oil tanker off the Latin American co…