U.S. Military Seizes Another Oil Tanker Associated With Iran

The U.S. military has seized another tanker associated with the smuggling of Iranian oil. The move on Thursday ratcheted up a standoff with Iran a day after its paramilitary Revolutionary Guards took control of two vessels in the crucial Strait of Hormuz. The Defense Department released video footage of U.S. forces on the deck of the oil tanker Majestic X, which was seized in the Indian Ocean. It said U.S. forces would continue global maritime enforcement to disrupt “illicit networks and interdict vessels” that provide support to Iran.