US seizes four Iranian fuel shipments en route to Venezuela

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US says seized four Iranian fuel shipments en route to Venezuela

WASHINGTON - The United States has seized four Iranian fuel shipments en route to Venezuela and confiscated the cargoes, the Justice Department said on Friday , calling it the largest such US seizure of Teheran's petroleum.

Earlier, a US government source and a shipping source told Reuters four tankers carrying Iranian fuel cargoes covered by a US warrant for seizure were sailing to the United States after talks between the US authorities and the ship owners.

 

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