The crew threatened with weapons: the Iranians seized the Oil Tanker in Persian Gulf - the media

According to journalists, the tanker left Iraq and headed to the UAE. A day later, the crew stopped communicating. The Corps of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (Quir) Iran captured the tanker with petroleum products after it left the port of the choir-el-tooth in Iraq with a cargo of 1500 tons of oil on board. It is reported that the Iranians raised on board with weapons and forced the captain to disconnect the means of communication. About it reports SPLASH247.

An enthusiastic tanker is a Betelgeuse that walks under the flag. The ship belongs to the Madrigal Marine based on the Marshall Islands. The owner of Akhmad Al Sharif said that about 24 hours after leaving the port the vessel had disappeared, and that there was no connection with him. It disappeared in the Gulf of Person about 105 km from Busher, Iran. Today, one of the crew members contacted the company and reported that a ship built in 1987 and his crew of 12 people were captured.

The crew member stated that the CVR members landed on a tanker with a weapon and ordered the captain to disconnect the means of communication. Now the tanker is unloaded in the Iranian port, and his crew was sent to prison. The Naval Forces of the Corps of Guards of the Islamic Revolution of Iran have confirmed the fact that Tanker was captured in a statement quoted by the State Information Agency of Iran, stating that "a tanker systematically smuggled fuel, it was detained by court decision.