Iran seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker as it traveled through the narrow Strait of Hormuz on Friday.

Revolutionary Guards were reported by maritime security to have intercepted the oil products tanker, Talara, taking it into Iranian waters.

The spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry denounced the US’ launch of operation ‘Southern Spear’, warning that Washington’s growing military buildup in Caribbean and Latin American waters jeopardizes international peace and stability.

Iran said on Thursday it had a court order to seize a tanker in Gulf waters a day earlier after it collided with an Iranian vessel, one of two tankers the U.S. Navy said it prevented Iran from commandeering. The Richmond Voyager, a Bahamas-flagged oil ...