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Iran seizes vessel

Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Monday seized a ship near Abu Musa Island in the Arabian Gulf, near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz, on suspicion of smuggling fuel, state news agency IRNA said.

The ship was carrying nearly 1,312,000 litres of fuel.

The report did not say what nation’s flag the vessel was flying, but there were 16 Malaysian crew members on board.