Iran’s Revolutionary Guards were reported by maritime security sources to have intercepted the Marshall Islands-flagged oil products tanker, Talara, taking it into Iranian waters, while the vessel’s manager said it had lost contact with the crew. The tanker was previously sailing off the United Arab Emirates’ coast, maritime sources said on Friday, and was carrying a cargo of high-sulphur gasoil through the Indian Ocean en route to Singapore from Sharjah in the UAE.

Full story : Iranian forces intercept and move tanker towards Iran, maritime security sources say.