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Iran‘s Revolutionary Guard Corps have seized a foreign tanker accused of smuggling oil with a crew of 12, according to Iranian state TV.
The report on Thursday did not identify the impounded vessel, but said it was “smuggling one million litres of fuel” from Iranian smugglers to foreign customers.
The announcement came a day after Iran’s foreign ministry said Iranian forces assisted a foreign ship “with technical failure” after it sent out a distress call.
Al Jazeera’s Dorsa Jabbari, reporting from Tehran, said the ship impounded was the same one towed by Iranian forces.
“The Iranians say this tanker was initially rescued on Sunday after it sent out distress signals. But once it was towed into Larak island, they say they understood it was smuggling oil and that’s when they seized it,” she said, adding that the crew were arrested.
Global News 
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