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The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy announced that it has impounded a foreign vessel near the Farsi Island in the Persian Gulf for smuggling 700.000 liters of fuel from Iran.

Farsi-language accounts of 4 Iranian news outlets were suspended on Twitter. after they reported the seizure of a UK-flagged tanker in the Strait of Hormuz.

The price of oil spiked just minutes after Tehran seized a foreign vessel which was smuggling one million liters of fuel near Larak Island in the Strait of Hormuz off Iran’s coast.

All 23 crew members of the Stena Impero tanker detained by the Iranian authorities in the Strait of Hormuz are on board the vessel in Bandar Abbas.

The rule of reprisal is a recognized concept in international law and it is used in the face of another country’s illegal measures.

Tensions are expected to rise yet further after the 13th June attack on two US tankers in waters between the Gulf Arab states and Iran.

No foreign maritime company has announced a change in its port call programs after a US spy drone was shot down by Iranian air defense units.

Spokesman of Iran'.s Civil Aviation Organization Reza Jafarzadeh stated on Sunday that foreign airlines have not declared any rerouting from Iranian sky.

Kuwaiti officials announced on Sunday that the country'.s airlines have not rerouted from the Persian Gulf after the Iranian Armed Forces shot down an intruder US spy plane.

Iran says it will take the case to the United Nations in protest of the US'. blatant act of aggression.