Iran claims to have seized ‘offending’ oil tanker in Gulf of Oman
Key takeaways
- State TV releases a video of IRGC forces boarding and detaining the Barbados-flagged vessel, Ocean Koi.
- In a statement carried by the Fars news agency, a spokesperson from the army said the Iranian Navy’s “rangers and marines directed the offending tanker to the southern coast of the country”.
- State TV released a video of Iranian forces boarding and detaining the ship.
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State TV releases a video of IRGC forces boarding and detaining the Barbados-flagged vessel, Ocean Koi.
xwhatsapp-strokecopylinkgoogle Add Al Jazeera on Googleinfo Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy's speedboats move during an exercise in Abu Musa island, in this picture obtained on August 2, 2023 [IRGC handout/West Asia News Agency via Reuters]By Al Jazeera Staff Published On 8 May 20268 May 2026Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) claims to have captured an oil tanker, Ocean Koi, in a “special operation” in the Gulf of Oman, saying the vessel was attempting to “disrupt oil exports and the interests of the Iranian nation”, according to state media.
In a statement carried by the Fars news agency, a spokesperson from the army said the Iranian Navy’s “rangers and marines directed the offending tanker to the southern coast of the country”.