Iran seizes 2 oil tankers near naval base: satellite images reveal.

Satellite images show two oil tankers, the Advantage Sweet and the Niovi, recently seized by Iran off the coast of Bandar Abbas near a naval base in Iran's Hormozgan province. The seizure of the Advantage Sweet, carrying Kuwaiti crude oil for Chevron Corp., may have been taken as a pawn in negotiations with the West, while the Niovi's seizure may be related to a dispute over a shipment of Iranian oil. The US has not responded to questions about the disappearance of the Suez Rajan, a tanker believed to be carrying Iranian crude that was seized on order of American authorities.