--- title: Iran Says It Seized Panama-Flagged Tanker For Alleged Fuel Smuggling description: Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has detained a Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Persian Gulf image: https://channel16.dryadglobal.com/hubfs/Iran%20Detains%20Tnaker.jpeg --- ###### 1 min read # Iran Says It Seized Panama-Flagged Tanker For Alleged Fuel Smuggling By: [ Dryad Global ](https://channel16.dryadglobal.com/archive/author/dryad-global) on November 23, 2020 at 3:20 PM - [**](https://twitter.com/GlobalDryad) - [**](https://www.linkedin.com/company/dryad-global/) - [**](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZSIjPkeq7iDcsj4r9TF9mg?sub_confirmation=1) ![Featured Image](https://channel16.dryadglobal.com/hubfs/Iran%20Detains%20Tnaker.jpeg) Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) has detained a Panama-flagged oil tanker in the Persian Gulf that was carrying 300,000 liters of illegal oil, local media report. The 10 foreign crew members were detained and the case was handed over to prosecutors in the port city of Parsian, the semiofficial Fars news agency quoted an IRGC spokesman as saying on November 20. The report did not give the nationality of the crew members or other details of the incident. Iran, which has some of the world’s cheapest fuel prices due to heavy subsidies and the fall of its national currency, has been fighting fuel smuggling to neighboring countries. 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