Hormuz blockade: US forces board ‘stateless’ oil tanker blacklisted for smuggling Iranian crude in Indian Ocean
Mint·3h ago·Neutral
What Happened
US forces boarded the M/T Tifani, an oil tanker flagged stateless by the Pentagon, in the Indian Ocean between Sri Lanka and Indonesia. The vessel was previously blacklisted for smuggling Iranian crude oil. The boarding occurred without incident as part of US maritime enforcement operations to disrupt sanctioned Iranian supply networks across global waters.
Key Entities
United States Department of DefenseM/T TifaniIranIndian OceanSri LankaIndonesiaBotswanaPentagonINDOPACOM