This undated image released by the US Department of Justice shows the Bella oil tanker. - The US Justice Department on August 14, 2020, confirmed it had seized the fuel cargo aboard four tankers, including the Bella, sent by Iran to crisis-wracked Venezuela, tying the shipments to Tehran's Revolutionary Guards and stepping up the pressure on its foe. "With the assistance of foreign partners, this seized property is now in US custody," the Justice Department said, putting the total at more than one million barrels of petroleum and calling it the largest-ever seizure of fuel shipments from Iran. (Photo by - / US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / US Department of Justice" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
أعلن قائد بحرية الحرس الثوري الإيراني إن الإفراج عن ناقلات النفط الإيرانية يؤكد وجود نموذج فعّال لمواجهة التهديدات والمساهمة في رفع العقوبات.
وأضاف أن الإجراءات التي اتخذتها القوات البحرية في ما وصفها بـ«معركة البحار» أدت إلى الإفراج عن عدة ناقلات نفط إيرانية خلال الفترة الماضية.
