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US intercepts sanctioned merchant vessel in Arabian Sea, Central Command says
U.S. forces say the tanker was one of 19 sanctioned shadow-fleet vessels and had carried about 750,000 barrels of Iranian propane and butane.
- On Saturday, April 25, a U.S. Navy helicopter from the guided-missile destroyer USS Pinckney intercepted the M/V Sevan in the Arabian Sea, escorting the merchant tanker back toward Iran.
- Following the collapse of talks in Islamabad, Washington implemented a naval blockade on April 13, targeting all vessels entering or departing Iranian ports to enforce sanctions.
- The U.S. Department of the Treasury sanctioned the Sevan on Friday as one of 19 'shadow fleet' vessels transporting billions of dollars in Iranian energy products.
- U.S. Central Command reported that 37 vessels have been redirected since the blockade began, with the Sevan complying with military orders to return under escort.
- Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters threatened a response to what it labeled "blockade, banditry and piracy," while the Strait of Hormuz remains critical to global energy transit.
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The operation was conducted with the destroyer USS Pinkney.
On Saturday, the US Central Command intercepted the sanctions vessel "Sevan" carrying Iranian oil in the Arabian Sea. It was part of a 19-ship "shadow fleet" transporting Iranian oil and gas abroad. A helicopter from the USS Pinckney intercepted the vessel. The vessel is now returning to Iran under escort. A total of 37 vessels have been redirected since the blockade began.
A helicopter from USS »Pinckney« stops a ship in the Arabian Sea that, according to the US, exports oil and gas to the Tehran regime. The ship is now escorted back to Iran.
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