Update: Iran "Confiscates" Suezmax Tanker Accused of Collision

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

52% : Iran won a ruling in the Greek courts for the return of the oil and its tanker and in November 2022 released the two Greek-controlled tankers.
49% : Security firm Neptune P2P Group puts the vessel's last position approximately 40 nautical miles southwest of Bandar Jask, Iran.
47% : "The Binder destroyer of the navy of the army, with a court order, seized the offending ship which was running away, and directed it to the coastal waters of the Islamic Republic of Iran," reports the state-run Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA).
40% : Iran is justifying its actions by citing a "collision of an unknown ship with an Iranian vessel in the waters of the Persian Gulf, which resulted in the loss of two people and the injury of several other crew members of this vessel," happening overnight.
39% : The last major incident with international tankers happened 11 months ago when Iran seized two Greek-controlled tankers in retaliation for one of its tankers that was being detained in Greece while the U.S. moved to seize the oil and transport it to the United States.
37% :The U.S. is reporting that Iran has "unlawfully seized at least five commercial vessels sailing in the Middle East," over the past two years.
35% : Iranian forces boarded a tanker outbound in the Gulf of Oman today, April 27, and have directed it into Iranian waters where Iran reports it was "confiscated" under a court order.

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