Iran seizes foreign vessel in Persian Gulf

Iran on Sunday seized a foreign-flagged vessel in the northern shores of the Persian Gulf, which it alleged was carrying 200,000 liters of "smuggled fuel".

In a statement, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Navy said eight members aboard the vessel were arrested and handed over to judicial authorities in Iran’s southern Bushehr port.

The source of the fuel tanker and the nationality of the arrested crew were not immediately known.