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https://apnews.com/8c0317d66db96b8c4487b7eaff91354a

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — An oil tanker sought by the U.S. over allegedly circumventing sanctions on Iran was hijacked on July 5 off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, a seafarers organization said Wednesday.

Satellite photos showed the vessel in Iranian waters on Tuesday and two of its sailors remained in the Iranian capital.

It wasn’t immediately clear what happened aboard the Dominica-flagged MT Gulf Sky, though its reported hijacking comes after months of tensions between Iran and the U.S.
 
Can some non--coward nation * NUKE Murican homeland ??

Way too many Brainwashed SLAVE Chinese ~ are way too coward & too gutless when confronting King Cockroach Murican nation.
 
Judging by whats actually written in the rest of the article this seems more like a possible "repossession" of an iranian owned vessel by iran that had been stuck for months in the uae under a civil action caused by the us seizure/freezing of the funds used for its purchase.
Strangely this all supposedly happened over 10 days ago back on july the 5th but is only now being reported/commented on by the western media.
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This is the ship in question,the MT Gulf Sky [formerly Nautic]
 
Judging by whats actually written in the rest of the article this seems more like a possible "repossession" of an iranian owned vessel by iran that had been stuck for months in the uae under a civil action caused by the us seizure/freezing of the funds used for its purchase.
Strangely this all supposedly happened over 10 days ago back on july the 5th but is only now being reported/commented on by the western media.
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This is the ship in question,the MT Gulf Sky [formerly Nautic]

Confusion is because the OP intentionally changed the article title to make it look like the US did it
Tanker off UAE sought by US over Iran sanctions ‘hijacked’


https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200720-hijacked-oil-tanker-taken-to-iran-claims-un/
Hijacked oil tanker taken to Iran, claims UN

According to the ILO, the Gulf Sky was taken to Iran where all 28 Indian crew members disembarked. Most of the crew flew from Tehran to India on 15 July. Two of them did not have passports and are still in Iran.

According to Al Jazeera, the UN agency said earlier that the tanker and its crew had been abandoned by its owners without pay since March off Khor Fakkan, a city on the eastern coast of the UAE. American officials have been trying to trace the vessel as it is believed to have been breaking US sanctions on Iran. Neither Washington nor Tehran have commented on this.
 
Why does the thread title say “US hijacks Tanker” when the tanker is said to be IRANIAN waters?

Not sure if careless error by OP or attempt at misleading propaganda.
 
Why does the thread title say “US hijacks Tanker” when the tanker is said to be IRANIAN waters?

Not sure if careless error by OP or attempt at misleading propaganda.
Can you read ? ''An oil tanker sought by the U.S. over allegedly circumventing sanctions on Iran was hijacked on July 5 off the coast of the United Arab Emirates,''

You are telling me Iranian forces gone off UAE coast and against all international laws hijacked a ship and brought it back to Iranian waters again ?

We all know only one POS nation is capable of doing this.
 
Wish our Iranian posters would maintain some level of decency and respect for truth, it is very disrespectful how they behave by posting blatantly false titles.
 
Can you read ? ''An oil tanker sought by the U.S. over allegedly circumventing sanctions on Iran was hijacked on July 5 off the coast of the United Arab Emirates,''

You are telling me Iranian forces gone off UAE coast and against all international laws hijacked a ship and brought it back to Iranian waters again ?

We all know only one POS nation is capable of doing this.

Apprently you cannot read


“The vessel was taken to Iran,” the ILO told the Associated Press.

The ILO cited the International Seafarers’ Welfare and Assistance Network for its information. The ILO earlier filed a report saying the vessel and its sailors had been abandoned by its owners without pay since March off Khorfakkan, a city on the eastern coast of the UAE.

Upon arrival in Iran, authorities took 26 members of the crew, all from India, and flew them back to their home country on July 15. Two more members of the crew did not fly because they did not have passports. Their circumstances remain unknown but it is believed that they remain in Tehran.

I guess US can also walk into Tehran and use the airports too? Clearly you are in the wrong, just admit it.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.he...-hijacked-tanker-taken-to-iranian-waters/amp/
 
Confusion is because the OP intentionally changed the article title to make it look like the US did it
Tanker off UAE sought by US over Iran sanctions ‘hijacked’


https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20200720-hijacked-oil-tanker-taken-to-iran-claims-un/
Hijacked oil tanker taken to Iran, claims UN

According to the ILO, the Gulf Sky was taken to Iran where all 28 Indian crew members disembarked. Most of the crew flew from Tehran to India on 15 July. Two of them did not have passports and are still in Iran.


According to Al Jazeera, the UN agency said earlier that the tanker and its crew had been abandoned by its owners without pay since March off Khor Fakkan, a city on the eastern coast of the UAE. American officials have been trying to trace the vessel as it is believed to have been breaking US sanctions on Iran. Neither Washington nor Tehran have commented on this.
After Iran China agreement, you will be screwed. No oil to petrodollar
 

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