U.S. says Iranian forces seize second oil tanker within a week

Iran’s Revolutionary Guard seized a Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Strait of Hormuz, the second-such capture by Tehran in recent days according to the U.S. Navy. While Iran did not acknowledge the seizure, tanker captures have been a part of its shadow war with the West since 2019, when the Trump administration withdrew from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action.