Armed men board oil tanker in Gulf of Oman recently at the center of U.S.-Iran standoff
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates — An oil tanker once at the center of a crisis between Iran and the United States was boarded in the Gulf of Oman by "unauthorized" men in military uniforms early on Thursday morning, an advisory group run by the British military and a private security firm warned.
Details remained unclear in what was apparently the latest seizure of a vessel in the tense Middle East waterways. However, suspicion immediately fell on Iran as the ship, once known as the Suez Rajan, had been involved in a yearlong dispute that ultimately saw the U.S. Justice Department seize 1 million barrels of Iranian crude oil from it.
Satellite-tracking data analyzed by The Associated Press last showed the Marshall Islands-flagged tanker had turned and headed toward the port of Bandar-e Jask in Iran.
