Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting outlet reported on Nov 3 that U.S. forces confiscated a tanker carrying Iranian oil in the Sea of Oman and then transferred it to another tanker. Iran’s Revolutionary Guard forces were said to have then carried out a helicopter landing on the second vessel, allowing them to take control and steer it back toward Iranian waters, thus avoiding U.S. warships and aircraft that then reportedly gave chase. In an official release, the Revolutionary Guard confirmed the incident and said that the tanker reached Iranian waters, docking at the southern port of Bandar Abbas on October 25.
US defence officials refuted Iran narrative and presented their version of an incident, which took place last week in Gulf of Oman.
Iranian media footage showed Iranian fast attack craft sailing between Vietnamese Aframax tanker SOTHYS on one side, and US Navy destroyer USS Michael Murphy, on the other. “Iran said that they prevented us from taking back this vessel when it’s very clear that our forces were simply there monitoring”.

 

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