US naval forces board sanctioned Iran-linked tanker in Indian Ocean

US naval forces have boarded the Cook Islands-flagged tanker Bertha within the US Indo-Pacific Command Area of Responsibility in the Indian Ocean. The US Department of War stated that forces conducted a “right-of-visit maritime interdiction and boarding” overnight without incident. The Department said on X that the 2004-built vessel was operating in defiance of “President …

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