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On April 27, the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker Advantage Sweet was seized by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) while transiting international waters in the Gulf of Oman, according to a statement by the United States Naval Forces Central Command (NAVCENT).
The command said in the statement that the oil tanker issued a distress call during the seizure, adding that the U.S. 5th Fleet is currently monitoring the situation.
“Iran’s actions are contrary to international law and disruptive to regional security and stability. The Iranian government should immediately release the oil tanker,” the statement reads.
Satellite tracking data for Advantage Sweet from MarineTraffic.com showed it in the Gulf of Oman just north of Oman’s capital, Muscat, on April 27 afternoon. The tanker was sailing from Kuwait to Houston in the U.S.
In its statement, NAVCENT accused Iran of unlawfully seizing at least five commercial vessels sailing in the Middle East over the last two years.
The incident came amid high tensions in the Persian Gulf. On April 2, the Iranian Navy said it identified and warned off a U.S. Navy EP-3E intelligence plane outside the mouth of the gulf.
Later on April 20, Iranian navy commander Admiral Shahram Irani claimed that an Iranian Iranian Fateh submarine forced USS Florida, an Ohio-class nuclear-powered guided-missile submarine, to surface in the Strait of Hormuz following a successful interception.
The U.S. Navy could attempt to seize an Iranian oil tanker under the pretext of violating sanctions in order to force the IRGCN to release Advantage Sweet. This could, however, lead to more escalation.
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Criminality. International criminality, and Iran is the only axis of evilness who are doing it.
You are a very funny guy.
Too bad US Central Command is not issuing a similar statement about Israel attacking targets in other sovereign states. For example: “Israel’s actions are contrary to international law and disruptive to regional security and stability. The Israeli government should immediately stop using its military to attack targets in other states and international space.
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Stupidity is not a crime, so you’re free to go.
Now if only that tanker was flagged “US.” It was, however, headed to Houston and started off from Kuwait. There’s that. The US is “monitoring” the situation. This may give US citizens a “breather” from their being “monitored” by the Biden Regime, but I doubt it. I wondered if it was US oil, but I then realized the US doesn’t have any, or at least the Biden Group says they don’t and you can always trust what the government says can’t you? Right? Anyone?
Remember the USS liberty, the Mavi Marmara and Rachel Corrie.The welfare funded banana republic of Israel kills US sailors and citizens with impunity and get rewarded every year with tens of billions in financial and military aid sent courtesy of the treasonous Israel-First AIPAC slaves in the government.
Yes, of course International Law only matters when the US says somebody else is violating it. Otherwise it’s the “rules-based international order” which means the US does what it wants regardless of the law.
What, no mention that Iran is only doing this in retaliation for Iranian cargo seized in the vaunted, ‘international waters’ by the U.S.? Even the war monger, Marco Rubio acknowledges this as he says, ‘for violating U.S. sanctions’.
Irán má právo kontrolovať čo pláva pri jej brehoch. Zrejme mali na to dobrý dôvod.
The US is very against other people violating international law whilst acting totally above the law themselves. further, the US introduces treaties and negotiates and expects other nations to fulfill their obligations whilst not fulfilling theirs. They are like players who constantly change the rules, who shoot ow goals and then decide it was the other sides goal, when the neitherr sides goalie was aware the goalposts were changed. They have creative accounting and cannot audit their own institutions, they steal ad lib, both from the American people and everyone else. Should it be called taking witout paying because of course THEY have decided that they are entitled to whatever they want. These evil parasite filth are shifting sands, the truth is whatever they want it to be at each moment. Rules based order, with the rules remade ad lib and niever written down.
That tanker is FILLED WITH STOLEN SYRIAN OIL BY THE TERRORIST REGIME NAZI USA just look at the destination HOUSTON. Confiscate the OIL and return to Syria and let’s see how NAZI USA deal with that. =Z=
Presstv.ir says the tanker crashed with another boat leaving multiple ppl missing and then the tanker just kept on going.
USSA can’t do jack shit. Meanwhile keep flUShing that fiat filth toilet paper dollah and Slumville’s serial welfare warfare on everyone else’s dime. Without the freebie dollah these angloZionaZi bankrupt bums, Israhell and USSA will go down the sewer where they belong.
İran always fuck west . Every time. Night and day. İn sea and sky. Also fucks gays. No one can do any damn thing. İran is the master of countries. Alexander the gay comes İran. Iranian fucks him till dead. So he die. Hehhhehhaha. İran the father. Respect.