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Iranian navy seizes oil tanker in Gulf of Oman
(abcnews.go.com)
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This is an Iranian tanker that the US has previously seized
Edit: source
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/uk-shipping-authority-receives-report-vessel-boarded-by-armed-persons-off-oman-2024-01-11/
It was owned by a Greek company. Iran never owned this boat. This is just tit-for-tat bs to be obnoxious.
Iran did hire this boat to evade sanctions. Got caught. The operator pled guilty and paid a fine. The oil was seized. But the boat was given back to the Greek owners.
Stealing Iraqi oil sold to Turkey because it's on the same boat seems like the actions of a petulant child. But that said it's all Iran can do. They know going against the US directly will end poorly no matter how much they want to posture. Which is why they're paying the Houthis to be their cannon fodder.
Did going against the US end terribly for Afghanistan? The US is welcome to try spending 4 trillion dollars and 20 years fighting Iran but if it expects a different outcome than Vietnam or Afghanistan or Iraq then you aren’t the only one who is misled.
As someone from the region (Saudi Arabia) I want the US to be baited into another decades-long losing war. I am just surprised that the US public wants the same given how recent losing in Afghanistan and Iraq is.
Of course I see Iran’s reclamation of its tanker as justified and US sanctions as unjustified but that’s beyond the point.
Why would I give a shit about the opinion of someone who can't even read their own source?
Source?
https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/uk-shipping-authority-receives-report-vessel-boarded-by-armed-persons-off-oman-2024-01-11/