Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seized a Tanzanian flagged chemical tanker yesterday, 24 hours after Iran had attempted to detain two other ships.
The Nada II was widely suspected of being engaged in smuggling activity.
On Wednesday, the US Navy intervened to stop Iran from seizing two oil tankers in international waters in the Gulf of Oman.
Both the United Nations and the International Maritime Organization must make the country of Iran held accountable for their actions against any vessel or seafarer on international or local waters / The oceans and all major waterways need to be free for commerce and safety worldwide / Everyone must recognize this and follow accordingly / If they don’t then all vessels should protect themselves in whatever way they can even if it means carrying hand-held or deck secured weapons on board / If any vessel approaches and the Master of the endangered vessel feels that their intentions are hostile then the Master should have the International Authority to issue a warning and fire as necessary if they are ignored / A remedy should be available, either from the air, the surface or underwater / All nations engaged in these hostile attacks need to be made aware that their actions might prevent their skins from every seeing their loved ones again / Then perhaps they’ll get the message to stop their bull______ / 070723110143 /
The United states have zero grounds. Iran is doing nothing wrong.
Zero grounds on what? Protecting convoys in international waters from being detained by Iran?
Nobody said anything about the United States here buddy….
But, yes Iran is illegally seizing foreign trade vessels operating legally in international waters. … categorically wrong.
What is the US doing in the Gulf thousands of miles from its mainland ? Iran is entitled to patrol its backyard called the PERSIAN GULF !!!!!
Since WW2 the US has acted to secure international trade. As the US pulls back from the Bretton Woods agreement with signatories, this will happen with increased frequency. The US has neither the motivation nor the resources to continue with this role. The world will see in the not-so-distant figure what shipping was like before Bretton Woods and the US will remain largely unaffected. Good luck everyone!
Really? It’s OK for Iran to act like pirates? Well alright then
They are terrorists. We certainly do.
When u are working with them it’s hard to hold them accountable
Iran’s Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) said in a Thursday statement that the Richmond Voyager had ignored basic international maritime laws by escaping the scene of a collision with an Iranian vessel after an incident that happened in international waters in southern Iran a day earlier.
The statement said five people had been seriously injured in the collision between the Bahamas-flagged tanker and the Iranian ship which was carrying seven crew members when the incident took place. It added that the incident had caused flooding on board the Iranian vessel.
The PMO said Iranian Navy forces then sought to seize the ship based on a court order and upon a request by the owner of the damaged ship.
“The ship rerouted and entered the territorial waters of Oman without heeding warnings and cautions issued by the Iranian Navy,” it said, adding that Iran has informed Omani authorities of the case and will continue efforts to confiscate the ship because of its violation of international maritime laws.
The statement came a day after the US Navy said it had sent its guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul to prevent Iran from seizing the Richmond Voyager.
The PMO did not mention the involvement of US Navy forces in the incident.
Meanwhile, the US Navy said on Thursday in had monitored a separate incident in the Persian Gulf where naval forces of Iran’s Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) confiscated a commercial vessel allegedly for involvement in smuggling.
The IRGC has yet to comment on the alleged confiscation although Iranian naval forces and coast guards normally seize ships that are involved in fuel smuggling in international waters in southern Iran.
Given that they’ve be caught doing it before, it’s highly likely, that Iran rammed the ship to have grounds to say that in the first place.
The Iranians are trying to seize and block oil tankers without authority or cause, in international waters.. seems like grounds enough to me..