After the Iranian Revolutionary Guards confirmed that they seized a Marshall Island-flagged oil tanker in the Strait Of Hormuz, Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar on Friday urged the international community to declare the Iranian guards a terrorist organisation.

Earlier, a report by the state-run Irna news agency carried a statement by the Revolutionary Guard that said the tanker was taken to Iranian waters. It did not elaborate on the “illegal consignment," the crew or say where the ship was now heading.

It said the seizure came following a court order and the operation was aimed at “protecting Iran’s national interests and resources." It identified the oil tanker as the Talara and said it was carrying 30,000 tons of petrochemical products.

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