But Iran hasn’t identified the name or nationality of the captured vessel, and new data suggests nothing may have actually happened.
Western news outlets reported Iran seized the, claims Iran denied. Iran’s foreign ministry said Sunday that Iranian forces came to the aid of a ship in distress, but did not identify the nationality or name of the vessel, making it unclear what ultimately happened to theBrian Hook, the U.S. State Department’s Iran envoy, was also skeptical. “This would not be the first time that Iran attacked a boat and then tried to rescue the crew,” he said.
, a website selling data on the “production, refinement, shipping and trading of crude oil,” tweeted that based on their analysis, Iran may not have seized a tanker but reported they did in order to drive up oil prices.Since the Trump administration withdrew the U.S.
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