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State TV said the tanker was seized on Wednesday.<br \/>Iranian news websites published video footage and photographs of what they said was the seized tanker.<br \/>Iran said last week it had seized another foreign tanker carrying 6 million litres of what it described as smuggled diesel in the Gulf of Oman without identifying the vessel or its nationality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iran has seized a foreign oil tanker near the Iranian island of Qeshm in the Gulf, saying it was carrying 4 million litres of smuggled fuel, state media reported on Friday.Authorities did not name the vessel or disclose its nationality. They said 16 foreign crew members had been detained on criminal charges. 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