Iranian Media: IRGC navy foiled U.S. attempt to steal Iranian oil

Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) foiled an attempt by the United States to take over a giant oil tanker in the strategic Sea of Oman and moved the vessel to the Iranian territorial waters, Iranian state media claimed.

U.S. military allegedly confiscated an Iranian tanker loaded with crude oil in the Sea of Oman and transferred its contents to another tanker before directing it to an unknown destination, government-owned Press TV reported Wednesday.

In retaliation, members of the IRGC’s Navy carried out a heliborne operation on the stolen ship’s deck, gained control of the vessel, and directed it back toward Iran’s territorial.