The Iranian navy has released video of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy boarding and seizing an oil tanker en route from Kuwait to Houston.
Iranian military service members boarded the Houston-bound Advantage Sweet oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, in handout video from the Iranian navy.The Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker Advantage Sweet was taken Thursday by Iranian forces after leaving Kuwait"Advantage Sweet was seized by Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy while transiting international waters in the Gulf of Oman," NAVCENT said.
In this frame grab from video footage released by the Iranian navy, Iranian marines rappel onto the Advantage Sweet, a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker heading to the U.S. in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday. "Iran's continued harassment of vessels and interference with navigational rights in regional waters are a threat to maritime security and the global economy," the statement continued."In the past two years, Iran has unlawfully seized at least five commercial vessels sailing in the Middle East."
Video of the incident shows Iranian forces approaching the oil tanker via helicopter as it travels through the
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