Advantage Tankers Accuse Iran of Seizing its Oil Tanker

The Iranian navy escorted Advantage Sweet to a port based on an "international dispute," announced Advantage Tankers. On Thursday, Iran's navy seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker heading to the US in the Gulf of Oman. Advantage Tankers, which owns Advantage Sweet, said the Iranian navy had transferred it to an unnamed port, according to the Agence France-Presse (AFP). "TankerTrackers" website, which specializes in tracking ship movements, said on Twitter that the vessel was located in the anchorage of Bandar Abbas in Iran "as expected."