Image for representation purposes only.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nIran has seized a vessel said to be carrying 350,000 litres of smuggled gas oil (diesel) from the country.<\/p>\n
The Eswatini-flagged ship was stopped in the Persian Gulf, and its 13 crew members, hailing from India and a neighbouring country, have also been detained.<\/p>\n
Per sources, the ship was seized under a judicial order and taken to the shores of Bushhr.<\/p>\n
The fuel is being offloaded and will be given to Bushehr Oil Products Refining and Distribution Company.<\/p>\n
This is not the first time that Iran has seized vessels in the region by accusing them of smuggling fuel.<\/p>\n
On November 29, Ali Salami-zadeh, the prosecutor of Kish Island, said that two vessels were seized in the Persian Gulf for smuggling 80,000 litres of fuel.<\/p>\n
In March, two foreign tankers, called Star 1 and Winteg, were also confiscated in the Persian Gulf.<\/p>\n
At that time, the IRGC said that the tankers had 25 crew and were carrying over 3 million litres of smuggled diesel fuel.<\/p>\n
Iranian officials usually cite fuel smuggling as one of the major reasons for raising fuel prices in the country.<\/p>\n
Masoud Pezeshkian, president of Iran, said in January 2025 that 20 to 30 million litres of gasoline are smuggled daily and called it a catastrophe as the supply chain from production to distribution is in their own hands.<\/p>\n
However, such large-scale fuel smuggling is not possible without the involvement of the IRGC, as it controls and oversees all the imports and exports via unofficial ports and airports.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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