Apr 16, 2023, 10:53 AM
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IRGC seizes foreign tanker smuggling fuel in Persian Gulf

Apr 16, 2023, 10:53 AM
News ID: 85084279
IRGC seizes foreign tanker smuggling fuel in Persian Gulf

Bushehr, IRNA – A commander at the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) naval forces has announced that the force has seized a foreign tanker in the Persian Gulf loaded with 1.45 million liters of smuggled diesel.

Round-the-clock observation of the Persian Gulf through state-of-the-art equipment led to the operation, Brigadier General Ramezan Zirrahi, the commander of the IRGC second naval region, told IRNA on Saturday.

Zirrahi noted that providing the security of the Persian Gulf is among the most important missions of the country’s naval forces.

The smuggled fuel was destined for one of the Persian Gulf littoral states, the commander said.

He went on to say that the crew members of the vessel were arrested.

According to Zirrahi, the IRGC naval forces clutched 1.6 million liters of bootleg fuel in the Persian Gulf region last year.

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