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2026-03-12 00:09
By Garsha Vazirian
Trump's Iran war gamble is bleeding America into strategic humiliation
Just empty coffers, depleted arsenals, and an empire trapped in its own miscalculation
TEHRAN — The arithmetic of defeat is sometimes written in blood, sometimes in treasure, and sometimes in the quiet dismantling of air defense systems that cost a billion dollars to build.
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2025-12-26 22:05
IRGC intercepts smuggling tanker in Iran’s territorial waters
TEHRAN – Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guard Corps (IRGC) has seized a foreign tanker carrying millions of liters of smuggled fuel in the Persian Gulf, detaining its crew and transferring the vessel and its cargo to government ownership, Iranian officials said.
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2025-12-21 17:49
Second oil tanker taken: U.S. escalates Venezuela pressure
TEHRAN – The U.S. seizure of a second Venezuelan oil tanker, Centuries, underscores a clear strategy: Washington is leveraging military power to control Venezuela’s primary source of revenue. Coming just weeks after the first tanker, Skipper, was taken, the operation signals that the Trump administration’s so-called “blockade” is more than sanctions enforcement—it is a forceful effort to weaken Venezuela’s economy and pressure its government.
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2024-01-12 01:06
Iran seizes tanker that was involved in US confiscation of Iranian oil in 2023
TEHRAN - Following a court order the Iranian Navy on Thursday seized a tanker with Iraqi crude destined for Turkey in retaliation for the confiscation of the same vessel and its Iranian crude by the United States in 2023.
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2023-07-21 15:04
Oil tanker's cargo seized by Indonesia doesn’t belong to Iran: Oil Ministry
TEHRAN – The Iranian Oil Ministry issued a statement on Friday announcing that the cargo of the tanker, MT Arman 114, that was seized by the Indonesian coast guards earlier this month does not belong to Iran.
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2023-07-19 16:31
Stolen Iranian oil stranded in Texas unclaimed amid fear of reprisal
TEHRAN - A report by The Wall Street Journal has revealed that at least 800,000 barrels of seized Iranian oil remains untouched in U.S. waters as no American company would risk buying them.
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2023-05-03 13:52
Iran's IRGC seizes foreign oil tanker in Strait of Hormuz
TEHRAN - The Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Navy has seized a foreign oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, Tasnim reported.
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2023-04-28 02:29
Iranian navy seizes tanker that hit fishing vessel
Two crew members are missing
TEHRAN - The Iranian Navy has seized a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker in the Sea of Oman and directed it toward Iran’s coastal waters after the ship hit an Iranian vessel and tried to flee.