U.S. forces boarded the M/T Tifani, a tanker sanctioned for smuggling Iranian crude, in the Indian Ocean on Tuesday. The Pentagon described the move as a "right-of-visit maritime interdiction" conducted without incident between Sri Lanka and Indonesia. While the vessel is Botswana-flagged, U.S. officials labeled it "stateless."
The boarding occurred hours before the expiration of a ceasefire between the U.S. and Iran. The Pentagon stated that international waters are not a refuge for sanctioned vessels providing support to Tehran. Read the full story at Fortune (subscription).
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