Chilling moment Iranian navy seizes US-bound oil tanker

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53% : All the ship's 24 crew members are Indian.'The safety and welfare of our valued crew members is our No. 1 priority,' the firm said.
50% : It added: 'In this operation, the Binder destroyer of the navy of the army, by court order, seized the violator ship that was fleeing with the flag of the Marshall Islands and directed it to the coastal waters of the Islamic Republic of Iran.'
49% : In footage released by Iran, marines rappeled onto the deck of Advantage Sweet
48% : The capture on Thursday of the Turkish-managed, Chinese-owned Advantage Sweet represents the latest tanker seizure by Iran amid tensions with the US over Tehran's burgeoning nuclear program.
47% : The US Navy's 5th Fleet has said the Iranian seizure was at least the fifth commercial vessel taken by Tehran in the last two years.
46% : The US Navy fleet stationed in that area of the world, the US 5th Fleet, is now demanding the ship's release, with it being the fifth commercial vessel unlawfully taken by Tehran in two years
43% : The US Navy fleet stationed in that area of the world is now demanding the ship's immediate release, with it being the fifth commercial vessel unlawfully taken by Tehran in the past two years.
43% : Amid these tensions, Iran has seized ships belonging to an assortment of Western countries, as they pass through the same narrow chokepoint between Iran and Oman where the Advantage Sweet traveled.
41% : Washington and Tehran have since said they would be willing to return to the original deal, but that day has yet to come - and tensions have continued to rise between the two countries.
40% : Tehran claims without evidence that the ship 'collided 'with an Iranian boatIranian state television has released gloating footage of masked navy commandos conducting a helicopter-borne raid to seize a US-bound oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman
38% :'Iran's continued harassment of vessels and interference with navigational rights in regional waters are a threat to maritime security and the global economy,' the 5th fleet said in its statement, before citing how since 2019, attacks on shipping in the strategic Gulf waters by Iran have been on the rise.
38% : In the recent case of the Sweet, the vessel's manager, a Turkish firm, did not immediately respond to a request for comment, nor did the county's mission to the United Nations.
34% : Tehran claims the tanker was seized after it 'collided' with another Iranian vessel -- but has provided no evidence yet to support the claim, and Iran has taken other ships as bargaining chips in negotiations with the West.
34% : Iran last November captured - and a day later - released two Greek-flagged tankers it had seized in the Gulf in May, days after the US confiscated oil from an Iranian-flagged tanker off the Greek coast.
28% : The same year that heightened aggression was first seen, Iran began ignoring limitations detailed in the historical Iran Nuclear Deal, a year after then-President Trump withdrew the US from the deal.

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