The IRGC intercepted an Emirati oil tanker as it was navigating the Strait of Hormuz, the first such attack in months.

Iranian Revolutionary Guard forces seized a Marshall Islands-flagged crude oil tanker, the Talara, as it transited the Gulf of Oman after passing through the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Friday. The tanker,

A tanker transiting through the narrow Strait of Hormuz suddenly changed course into Iranian territorial waters Friday, with the British military warning a possible “state activity” affected it. The warning from the British military’s United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations center comes as a private security firm said small vessels had intercepted the ship earlier.