U.S. forces have boarded an oil tanker previously sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude oil in Asia, the Department of Defense said. The Pentagon said they “conducted a right-of-visit maritime interdiction” and boarded the M/T Tifani “without incident.”

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US forces board a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean, the Pentagon says

US forces board a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indian Ocean, the Pentagon says

U.S. forces have boarded an oil tanker previously sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude oil in Asia. The Pentagon said Tuesday that the military "conducted a right-of-visit maritime interdiction" of the M/T Tifani "without incident." A U.S. defense official says the tanker was captured in the Bay of Bengal and was carrying Iranian oil. The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing military operation, says the U.S. military will decide in the next four days what to do with the vessel. It's the latest move by the U.S. during the Iran war to stop any ship tied to Tehran or those suspected of carrying supplies that could help its government.

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