🇺🇸💵 US transports $600 million of stolen Iranian oil across Atlantic - reports

The US has expropriated around six million barrels of Iranian oil, in what the Tasnim News Telegram account described as an act of piracy.

The cargo, worth approximately $600 million, is currently being transported to the US through the Atlantic Ocean, the publication reports, citing TankerTrackers.

The oil was seized from Iranian tankers detained by the US in the Indian Ocean in May, as the country grapples with a fuel crisis that has sent gasoline and diesel prices to historic highs, while the Strait of Hormuz remains closed.

👉 Regular gasoline at the US pumps averages $4.48 per gallon and diesel is at a nominal record high of about $6.51–$6.53 per gallon, as of late September. US Strategic Petroleum Reserve crude oil stocks fell to 284.6 million barrels, their lowest level since October 1982.

In May, the US seized the Iranian-linked tanker Skywave, which was carrying more than a million barrels of oil loaded at Iran’s Kharg Island in February, according to the Wall Street Journal. The newspaper noted at the time that it could not be determined whether the vessel had unloaded the oil in Asia.

In April, the US also seized two other Iranian-linked tankers, Majestic X and Tifani, in the Indian Ocean.

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