U.S. military forces boarded an oil tanker that was previously sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude oil in the Indian Ocean, the Pentagon said on April 21.
In a post on X, the Department of War wrote that the military conducted an overnight “right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding” of the sanctioned M/T Tifani tanker ship in the U.S. military’s Indian Ocean and Pacific Ocean area of command.
“As we have made clear, we will pursue global maritime enforcement efforts to disrupt illicit networks and interdict sanctioned vessels providing material support to Iran—anywhere they operate,” the Pentagon said.
“International waters are not a refuge for sanctioned vessels. The Department of War will continue to deny illicit actors and their vessels freedom of maneuver in the maritime domain.”…