{"id":56358,"date":"2025-11-14T16:47:43","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/iranian-forces-reportedly-seize-tanker-in-strait-of-hormuz-in-first-such-attack-on-shipping-in-months\/"},"modified":"2025-11-14T16:47:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T16:47:43","slug":"iranian-forces-reportedly-seize-tanker-in-strait-of-hormuz-in-first-such-attack-on-shipping-in-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/iranian-forces-reportedly-seize-tanker-in-strait-of-hormuz-in-first-such-attack-on-shipping-in-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Iranian forces reportedly seize tanker in Strait of Hormuz in first such attack on shipping in months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p><em>Dubai, United Arab Emirates<\/em>\u00a0\u2014 Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker as it traveled through the narrow <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/strait-of-hormuz-iran-oil-trade-route-what-to-know\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a><\/span> on Friday, a U.S. official and a private maritime risk group said, turning the ship into Iranian territorial waters in the <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/iran-fired-shots-oil-tanker-strait-of-hormuz-us-navy\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">first-such interdiction in months<\/a><\/span> in the strategic waterway.<\/p>\n<p> <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/us-iran-tensions\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Iran<\/a><\/span> 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 <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/u-s-launches-strikes-iranian-nuclear-facilities-trump-says\/\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">U.S. strike Iranian nuclear sites<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p> The ship, the Talara, had been traveling from Ajman, United Arab Emirates, to Singapore when Iranian forces intercepted it, said the U.S. defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss intelligence matters. <\/p>\n<p>The Reuters news agency cited the private British maritime risk management group Vanguard and other maritime security sources saying the Talara had been intercepted by forces with Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) and steered toward Iranian waters.<\/p>\n<p>A U.S. Navy MQ-4C Triton drone had been circling above the area where the Talara was for hours on Friday observing the seizure, flight-tracking data analyzed by The Associated Press showed.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/22\/32933e57-1fa2-44ee-8246-c81fb3d610a6\/thumbnail\/620x349\/5e9cd81c39ab8321623f1f185078681c\/gettyimages-2219855898.jpg#\" alt=\"Map of Strait of Hormuz \" height=\"349\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/22\/32933e57-1fa2-44ee-8246-c81fb3d610a6\/thumbnail\/620x349\/5e9cd81c39ab8321623f1f185078681c\/gettyimages-2219855898.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/06\/22\/32933e57-1fa2-44ee-8246-c81fb3d610a6\/thumbnail\/1240x698\/f8a500b48fe6700cf96b88f2b183113e\/gettyimages-2219855898.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Map showing the Strait of Hormuz and its role in transporting oil and liquified natural gas (LNG) in the Middle East to global markets via the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Murat Usubali\/Anadolu\/Getty<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Another private security firm, Ambrey, told the AP the assault involved three small boats approaching the Talara.<\/p>\n<p> The British military&#8217;s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center separately acknowledged the incident, saying a possible &#8220;state activity&#8221; had forced the Talara to turn into Iranian territorial waters. <\/p>\n<p>Cyprus-based Columbia Shipmanagement later said in a statement that it had &#8220;lost contact&#8221; with the tanker, which was carrying high sulphur gasoil.<\/p>\n<p> The company &#8220;notified the relevant authorities and is working closely with all relevant parties \u2014   including maritime security agencies and the vessel owner \u2014   to restore contact with the vessel,&#8221; the firm said. &#8220;The safety of the crew remains our foremost priority.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p> The U.S. Navy blamed Iran for a series of limpet mine attacks on vessels that damaged tankers in 2019, as well as for a fatal drone attack on an Israeli-linked oil tanker that killed two European crew members in 2021. <\/p>\n<p>Those attacks began after President Trump, during his first term in office, unilaterally <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-withdraws-from-iran-deal-whats-next\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">withdrew the U.S. from the 2015 nuclear deal<\/a><\/span> between Iran and a number of world powers. The last major seizure came when Iran took two Greek tankers in May 2022 and held them until November of that year.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2021\/11\/03\/909c73f9-de20-4ab4-8905-613b37a13dc2\/thumbnail\/620x403\/ef129a0a531d1c97c197c515e8220f0a\/iran-revolutionary-guards-speed-boat-ap16251474563353.jpg#\" alt=\"Mideast AP Explains Iran US Persian Gulf \" height=\"403\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2021\/11\/03\/909c73f9-de20-4ab4-8905-613b37a13dc2\/thumbnail\/620x403\/ef129a0a531d1c97c197c515e8220f0a\/iran-revolutionary-guards-speed-boat-ap16251474563353.jpg 1x, https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2021\/11\/03\/909c73f9-de20-4ab4-8905-613b37a13dc2\/thumbnail\/1240x806\/37c13adf5ee7036ae3b2f8b60a52376a\/iran-revolutionary-guards-speed-boat-ap16251474563353.jpg 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">A 2012 file photo shows an Iranian Revolutionary Guards speedboat escorting a passenger ship, unseen, in the Persian Gulf.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                Vahid Salemi\/AP<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Those attacks were largely subsumed by the Iranian-backed <span class=\"link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/british-military-ship-yemen-gulf-of-aden\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">Houthis&#8217; assaults targeting ships<\/a><\/span> during the <span data-shortcode-type=\"warning\" data-shortcode-name=\"link\" data-error=\"shortcode could not be expanded because of insufficient data or has been excluded\"\/>, which drastically reduced shipping in the crucial Red Sea corridor.<\/p>\n<p> The years of tension between Iran and the West, coupled with the situation in the Gaza Strip, exploded into a full-scale 12-day war in June.<\/p>\n<p> Iran long has threatened to close off the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow mouth of the Persian Gulf through which 20% of all oil traded passes. 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