Commercial ships told to stay far away from Iran due to a heightened possibility of attack or seizure

Sat, 08/12/2023 - 13:57

soldiers on speed boat pointing guns — Iran's naval special forces carrying by a military speedboat past a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a military parade marking Iran's Army Day anniversary near the Imam Khomeini shrine in the south of Tehran.
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The US Navy is warning commercial ships to avoid traveling near Iranian territory.
Iranian forces have already seized two oil tankers this year.
Attacks on ships in the region have increased ever since Trump pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal.

A US Navy official on Saturday warned shippers traversing waters near Iran to stay "as far away" as possible from the Islamic Republic's territorial waters amid fears that a boat could be seized in the coming days.