Iran has seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman and is transferring it to an Iranian port in retaliation for the United States confiscating the same vessel and its oil last year, Tasnim News Agency reported Thursday.
这艘船去年被美国劫持过一次。
原油价格上涨2%
The oil tanker was heading for Turkey on Thursday when armed men ordered it to sail to an Iranian port.
The price of Brent crude oil jumped by more than 2%, to $78.40 a barrel following the incident.
Iranian state media is reporting the seizure is a retaliation for the hijacking last year of the same vessel by the US.
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