Iran has seized the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker Talara in the Strait of Hormuz, a US official said. The vessel was diverted into Iranian territorial waters amid escalating tensions following recent regional conflict

Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker as it travelled through the narrow Strait of Hormuz on Friday, a US official said, turning the ship into Iranian territorial waters in the first-such interdiction in months in the strategic waterway.

Iran did not immediately acknowledge the seizure, though it comes as Tehran has been increasingly warning it can strike back after facing a 12-day war in June with Israel that saw the US strike Iranian nuclear sites. Read More

The ship, the Talara, had been travelling from Ajman, United Arab Emirates , onward to Singa

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