Iran seizes oil tanker Ocean Koi

Iran ​has seized the oil ‌tanker Ocean ​Koi in the Gulf of Oman over an alleged attempt to disrupt Iran's oil exports, Iranian state media ⁠said on Friday, quoting an army statement.

It said the Barbados-flagged tanker was carrying ‌Iranian oil and "was trying to harm and disrupt oil exports .... ‌by exploiting regional conditions".

The oil tanker - ‌which has been under ‌US sanctions ‌since February - was escorted to the southern ​coast of ‌Iran ​and handed over to the ⁠judicial authorities, according to state media.

The seizure came ​after ⁠US ⁠and Iranian forces clashed in the Strait of Hormuz, which ⁠connects the Gulf to the Gulf of Oman.

Iran has largely closed the narrow waterway, a conduit for about a fifth ‌of the world's oil flows before ​the US-Israeli war on Iran broke out on February 28.