Iran oil tanker retaken in joint operation by IRGC, Intel Ministry
An Iran oil tanker, which was illegally seized by a foreign company five years ago, has been retaken in a joint operation…
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IRGC thwarts US navy attempt to steal Iranian oil tanker
Navy Force of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) thwarted the US navy’s attempt to steal Iranian oil in the Oman Sea.…
Two Iranian warships heading for Venezuela, US claims
The US security officials claim they are monitoring two Iranian warships whose ultimate destination may be Venezuela. The US national security community is…
Indonesia Coast Guard seizes Iranian oil tanker
In a tweet on Sun. the Official Indonesia Coast Guard (IDNCG) announced that it has seized two oil tankers in the Pontianak…
Iran says oil aboard tanker pursued by US sold; buyer unnamed
AP – Iran on Monday announced that the 2.1 million barrels of crude aboard an Iranian oil tanker pursued by the U.S.…
Message behind release of Iranian oil tanker
MNA – The Gibraltar court ordered the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 to be released. The tanker was seized by the British…
UK detention of Iran tanker extended despite promises
Press TV – Gibraltar’s supreme court has ruled that an Iranian tanker illegally seized by by Britain’s Royal Marines can be detained…
UK, Gibraltar discuss seized oil tanker amid row with Iran
Press TV – British Prime Minister Theresa May has held talks with Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo about an Iranian-owned oil tanker…
Tehran to continue legal, political measures until release of Iranian tanker
MNA – Spokesman of the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Abbas Mousavi said Tehran would continue legal and political measures until the…
UK seizure of Iran’s oil tanker not to go unanswered: Top General
Tasnim – Iran’s highest ranking military commander warned the British government on Tuesday to brace for a response, at the appropriate time…
British ambassador at Iran Foreign Ministry for 3rd time in week over seizure of supertanker
Press TV – Iran’s Foreign Ministry has for the third time over the past few days hosted the UK ambassador to demand…
Iran Judiciary chief urges UK to release tanker, or face consequences
MNA – Iranian Judiciary Chief Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi says the UK, aware of Iran’s power, should release the detained Iranian supertanker in…
Iran not subject to any European oil embargo: Zarif
MNA – Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif questioned the legalities of the UK seizure of an Iran-operated oil tanker, saying Iran is not…
Iran deplores UK Navy wrongful act to seize supertanker
IRNA – Iranian Government on Sunday deplored the UK Navy’s wrongful act to seize Iranian supertanker on the high seas. Iranian Government…
UK’s seizure of Iranian oil tanker a US-EU coordinated scenario: MP
MNA – A member of the presiding board of Parliament’s national security commission said Britain’s seizure of an Iran-operated supertanker off the…
UK should be ‘scared’ of Tehran’s response over tanker, cleric says: Fars
Reuters – Britain should be “scared” about Tehran’s possible retaliation for the capture of an Iranian supertanker by Royal Marines in Gibraltar,…
Iran oil tanker breaks down in Red Sea off Saudi coast
AP — An Iranian oil tanker carrying over 1 million barrels of fuel oil suffered a malfunction in the Red Sea off…
Iranian navy thwarts pirate attack on oil tanker: state TV
Reuters – Iranian naval forces intervened to repel pirates who attacked an Iranian oil tanker in the Gulf of Aden, state television…
Scuba divers to examine sunken tanker’s remains
IRNA – Scuba divers will be definitely dispatched to the site where Sanchi tanker sank two months ago, according to an NIOC…
Oil from sunken Iran tanker reached Japan shores: Coast Guard
Reuters – Oil that reached islands in southern Japan earlier this month is highly likely to have come from the sunken Iranian…
Sanchi tragedy slashed Iran’s oil exports to South Korea
Press TV – Recent figures show that Iran’s exports of oil to South Korea dropped by almost a half in January after…
Funeral procession of 3 Sanchi sailors to be held on Friday
IRNA – The funeral procession of three Iranian sailors killed in a tanker incident in China’s East Sea will be held tomorrow…
Scuba divers searching for Iranian sailors: CEO
IRNA – The operation to find the bodies of the sailors of the sunken Iranian oil tanker is going on in the…
Photos: 3 bodies recovered from Sanchi oil tanker return home
ISNA | Hemmat Khahi: The bodies of three crew members of the Iranian oil tanker ‘Sanchi’ which sank off east coast of…
Bodies of 3 oil tanker victims flown to Tehran for funeral
IRNA – Three out of 32 dead bodies of crew members discovered from the sunken Sanchi tanker arrived in Iran’s Imam Khomeini…
Iran following up sunken tanker case
IRNA – The sunken Iranian oil tanker Sanchi’s case is one of the main priorities of the Ports and Maritime Organization, an…
Follow-up committee on Sanchi to release final report in 2 months
MNA – Iranian Deputy Chairman of Iran’s Parliament National Security and Foreign Policy Commission Mohammad Mahdi Boroumandi said on Saturday that follow-up…
Oil from sunken Iranian tanker may have reached Japan shores: Coast Guard
Reuters – Clumps of oil have washed up on the shores of southern Japan and there are fears they may be leaking…
Waters near Iranian sunken tanker meet standards
IRNA – The waters near Iranian sunken oil tanker Sanchi meet Chinese standards, the Beijing-based newspaper China Daily reported. “The water quality…
Iran receives black box data of doomed oil tanker: Official
Tasnim– The black box data of the Iranian oil tanker “Sanchi” that sank in the East China Sea earlier this month after…
Sanchi black box not damaged
IRNA – The black box of the sunken Iranian oil tanker had not been damaged, deputy head of Ports and Maritime Organization…
3 bodies recovered from Sanchi oil tanker identified
IRNA – The bodies of three crew members of the Iranian oil tanker ‘Sanchi’ which sank off east coast of China have…
How Sanchi’s spill could spread
Reuters – The worst tanker oil spill in decades is unfolding across hundreds of miles of the East China Sea after an…
Hong-Kong CF Crystal crew interrogated, results confidential
MNA – An Iranian maritime official says the crew of the Crystal freighter, which collided with Sachi oil tanker, were interrogated and…
Iran, Hong Kong, China, Panama agree to jointly probe tanker collision
MNA – The maritime authorities of China, Panama, Iran and Hong Kong on Thursday signed an agreement to jointly investigate the collision…
Tehran receives Iranian sailors’ DNA tests from China: Diplomat
IRNA – Iran consul general in Shanghai said on Thursday that the DNA tests taken from the bodies of the Iranian sailors…
Crystal crew interrogation to kick off on Friday
MNA – An Iranian maritime official says that parallel with decoding of the black boxes of the Sanchi and the Chrystal, which…
Iran to send frogmen to search for Sanchi sailors
IRNA – The spokesman for National Iranian Tanker Company expressed readiness for dispatching frogmen to search for the dead bodies of the…
Black box for sunken tanker Sanchi opened: Iranian media
Reuters – The black boxes for the tanker Sanchi and the freighter CF Crystal, the two vessels that collided in the worst…
Iran Sanchi’s black box opened
IRNA – The black box of the Iranian sunken oil tanker “Sanchi” has been opened in the presence of representatives from the…