Tanker Incident Involving Military Forces Reported Off Oman Amid U.S.-Iran Escalation

A tanker has been involved in an incident with military forces in the Indian Ocean off Oman, according to a new UK Maritime Trade Operations advisory, raising the possibility of another U.S. interdiction as Washington continues enforcing its maritime blockade against Iran.

UKMTO said Monday it received a report from the vessel’s master of “an incident involving a tanker and military forces in the Indian Ocean.” The agency provided no details about the tanker, the military forces involved or the nature of the encounter.

The location plotted by UKMTO appears east of Oman in the Arabian Sea, well outside the Strait