US official says Iran seized oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz
Iran,International Shipping,Oil,Defense Department
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Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker as it traveled through the narrow Strait of Hormuz, a US official says, turning the ship into Iranian territorial waters in the first such interdiction in months in the strategic waterway.
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