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#BREAKING
1)
#Iran's state TV says IRGC units on July 14 seized a foreign vessel with 12 crew and carrying one million liters of smuggled fuel, on the island of Larak in the Persian Gulf.
apnews.com/2d94f2b673b749…
2)
Iran's IRGC confirms the tanker was detained on July 14, the same day the MT Riah went missing.
Image: @ELINTNews

#UPDATE
US Central Command saying: “We will take firm measures to secure navigation in the Persian Gulf.”
3)
The UK is investigating reports of Iran’s seizure of a foreign oil tanker.

Furthermore, Tehran's apologists/lobbyists, such as @yarbatman, are on cue to quickly provide justification for the terrorist-designated IRGC's piracy.

See the scenario?
4)
For more information, @TankerTrackers is also a source of data that should be kept in notice.



In such a scenario, Iran's IRGC is desperate to save face back home by lying about the entire ordeal.

Time will tell.
5)
#UPDATE
Iran's state-run Press TV releases first video footage of what Tehran is describing as "a foreign fuel-smuggling tanker" seized this week by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards (IRGC).
6)
More footage of the tanker seized by Iran's IRGC.
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