Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) has seized a foreign oil tanker near Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf, alleging it was carrying 4 million liters of smuggled fuel. Sixteen foreign crew members have been detained in an operation that raises fresh concerns over freedom of navigation in the vital Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of the world's oil supply passes.
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