The Naval Public Relations Department of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed that more than one million liters of smuggled fuel was found on the ship.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) navy claimed to have seized two ships carrying smuggled fuel near the Persian island, Iran’s Students’ News Agency (ISNA) reported on Thursday.
The Naval Public Relations Department of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps claimed that more than one million liters of fuel was found on the ship. The 15 foreign crew members have been transferred to judicial authorities for processing.
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According to ISNA, the vessels have been operating within smuggling networks for the past few months and were intercepted through surveillance, intelligence work and Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps naval operations.
On June 8, 2022, an Aframax oil tanker appeared off the coast of Bushehr, Iran (Photo source: SADRA COMPANY/WANA (West Asia News Agency)/Information released by Reuters)
“The Strait of Hormuz will become a place of slaughter, a hell for America”
Late on Thursday, Ezzatollah Zarghami, a former Iranian minister and former head of the Iranian National Broadcasting Organization (IRIB), warned that “the Strait of Hormuz will become a place of carnage and hell.”
“I am convinced that the Strait of Hormuz will become carnage and hell for the United States… Iran will show that the Strait of Hormuz historically belongs to Iran. The only thing the Americans can think of is to play with their ships and move them from one place to another,” he continued.
This is a development story.