Iran seizes two Greek tankers after US, Greece seize Iranian fuel

The tanker wars between the US and Iran appear to be heating up once again as Vienna talks remain on the rocks.
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An aerial view shows the Sunny Liger, a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker with a consignment of Russian diesel, anchored in the North Sea, near IJmuiden, on April 30, 2022. - Dutch dock workers on April 30 refused to unload the tanker carrying Russian fuel in Amsterdam, a day after a similar action kept the ship from entering Rotterdam. - PAUL MARTENS/ANP/AFP via Getty Images
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Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps seized two Greek tankers in the Persian Gulf on Friday.

The move came just a day after the US reportedly seized the Iranian fuel cargo of a Russian-flagged tanker seized last month by Greece at Washington’s request.

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