{"id":1965797,"date":"2023-07-06T16:06:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T20:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irans-revolutionary-guard-seizes-commercial-ship-in-arabian-gulf\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T16:07:38","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T20:07:38","slug":"irans-revolutionary-guard-seizes-commercial-ship-in-arabian-gulf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irans-revolutionary-guard-seizes-commercial-ship-in-arabian-gulf\/","title":{"rendered":"Iran&#8217;s Revolutionary Guard captures ship in Arabian Gulf."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Firans-revolutionary-guard-seizes-commercial-ship-in-arabian-gulf%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1965797&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps Seizes Commercial Vessel in Arabian Gulf<\/h2>\n<p>The Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps made headlines once again as they seized a commercial vessel in the Arabian Gulf. This incident took place in international waters, raising concerns about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-u-s-navy-detonates-massive-underwater-explosives-around-new-aircraft-carrier\/\" title=\"WATCH: U.S. Navy Detonates Massive Underwater Explosives Around New Aircraft Carrier\">maritime security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Possibly engaged in smuggling activity,&#8221; said United States Navy 5th Fleet spokesman Commander Tim Hawkins.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>According to British maritime security company Ambrey, Iranian forces attempted to seize a small Tanzanian-flagged tanker near the Saudi Arabian port city of Dammam. This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/irans-revolutionary-guard-seizes-commercial-ship-in-arabian-gulf\/\" title=\"Iran's Revolutionary Guard captures ship in Arabian Gulf.\">alarming incident occurred approximately 60 nautical miles northeast<\/a> of the city.<\/p>\n<p>The United States Navy, however, did not intervene in the situation immediately. Pentagon spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder explained that there were doubts about the vessel&#8217;s operational activities, suggesting the potential for illegal oil smuggling.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;U.S. naval forces deployed maritime assets to closely monitor the situation,&#8221; assured Commander Hawkins. &#8220;Ultimately, U.S. Naval Forces Central Command assessed the circumstances and determined that further response was not warranted. Nevertheless, our forces remain vigilant and ready to protect the navigational rights of lawful maritime traffic in this critical region.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Just the day before, the U.S. Navy successfully deterred Iranian forces from seizing two commercial tankers. In the first incident, an Iranian navy vessel approached the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker TRF Moss in the Gulf of Oman. However, the situation deescalated when the U.S. Navy guided-missile destroyer USS McFaul arrived at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Approximately three hours later, another Iranian vessel began harassing the Bahamian-flagged oil tanker Richmond Voyager in international waters near the coast of Muscat, Oman. The Iranian forces even opened fire during their second seizure attempt, but fortunately, no injuries were reported. Once again, the presence of the USS McFaul deterred the Iranian vessel, forcing it to retreat.<\/p>\n<p>These incidents are not isolated. Since the beginning of 2021, Iranian naval forces have harassed, attacked, or seized nearly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/iranian-navy-vessel-fires-on-oil-tanker-in-gulf-of-oman-prompting-us-to-intervene\/\" title=\"US intervenes after Iranian navy vessel fires on oil tanker in Gulf of Oman.\">20 internationally flagged merchant vessels<\/a>, according to the Fifth Fleet.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Stay informed:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click here<\/a> to read more from the Washington Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>firm, reported that the vessel, named the Riah, had been detained by the Iranian authorities. The incident adds to the escalating tensions in the region, as Iran continues to challenge international maritime norms and disrupt commercial activities in the Arabian Gulf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1965798,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1965797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1965797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965797\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1965798"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1965797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1965797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1965797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}