Brief by Shorts91 Newsdesk / 05:40pm on 11 Jan 2024,Thursday International
Iran has announced the seizure of a ship, St Nicholas, accusing it of previous oil theft. The vessel, initially named Suez Rajan, was transporting 145,000 tonnes of crude oil from Basra, Iraq, to Turkey. Iran alleges this action is in retaliation for the ship's earlier violation, as the US had confiscated it in 2023 for carrying sanctioned Iranian oil allegedly sold by Iran's Revolutionary Guard to China. Tensions rise as the ship is transferred to Iranian ports. This incident follows tit-for-tat seizures in 2023, with the US seizing Suez Rajan and Iran responding by taking other tankers.
