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Iran demands answers from Indonesia over seized oil tanker

Indonesia seized an Iranian fuel tanker on Sunday, accusing the vessel of failing to respond to radio calls and disabling its identification system.
Picture shows Iranian supertanker Grace 1 off the coast of Gibraltar on August 15, 2019. - Gibraltar's Supreme Court ruled today to release an Iranian supertanker seized last month on suspicion of shipping oil to Syria in breach of EU sanctions, despite a last-minute US request to detain the vessel. (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO / AFP) (Photo by JORGE GUERRERO/AFP via Getty Images)

Iran is demanding an explanation from Indonesia a day after the Southeast Asian country seized an Iranian tanker off its coast suspected of carrying illegal oil shipments. 

On Sunday, Indonesia’s coast guard seized the Iran-flagged MT Horse and the Panama-flagged MT Freya, near the Indonesian part of Borneo. The Indonesian Maritime Security Agency said the vessels violated a number of maritime protocols, leading to their seizure. 

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