LOL.........possibly Iranian rulers seizing their own smuggling tanker, to be sent on its way tomorrow.
“E-Swatini”??????
Well ok then…
But the follow-up…
WTF is an E-Swatini???? Sounds like a new venereal disease…
Interestingly, Swaziland is landlocked and has no ship registry. I read that the ship’s home port is listed as Portsmouth. There’s no town by that name in Swaziland, so it must be the one in Ohio.
This is obviously a direct response to the seizure of a tanker in Venezuela.
The Iranians did a similar thing when a different was seized in greece, the iranians took one in response. I think both sides eventually released both tankers in that case.
Let the Eswatini navy deal with it.
It took me a sec to figure this out.
Iran lacks sufficient refining capacity. So, it doesn’t want what refined products it does produce to leave Iran.
Iran has a MUCH greater water problem, anyway. If it keeps going the way it looks like it will, we could see 50 million thirsty Iranians trying to escape the country.
No oil tanker seizure by Iran reported today by United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations which reports on such actions.
Iran did seize a tanker last month.
Headline hypes Iran-Venezuela connection again reminding us that action against V is prelude to action against I.