U.S. widens Iran pressure with Indian Ocean tanker seizure
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The U.S. seized the tanker Tifani in the Indian Ocean on suspicions of oil smuggling as part of a broader effort to interdict Iranian oil shipments and enforce sanctions, while continuing to shadow and escort other vessels as part of a naval blockade that could expand in the Indo-Pacific.
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- US Says It Boarded Oil Tanker, First During Iranian Blockade Bloomberg.com
- Trump’s Hormuz Blockade Is a Catch-22 Mother Jones
- US interdicts stateless sanctioned tanker sailing from Iran to China Fox News
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