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Iran seizes vessel in Gulf for allegedly smuggling diesel fuel - ISNA

Published: 16 Sep 2019 - 02:48 pm | Last Updated: 01 Nov 2021 - 10:19 pm

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Dubai: Iran's Revolutionary Guards have seized a vessel in the Gulf for allegedly smuggling 250,000 litres of diesel fuel to the United Arab Emirates, Iran's semi-official Students News agency ISNA reported on Monday.

"It was detained near Iran's Greater Tunb island in the Arabian Gulf...the crew have been handed over to legal authorities in the southern Hormozgan province," ISNA said, without elaborating on the nationalities of the crewmen.

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