World / US announces largest-ever seizure of Iran fuel bound for Venezuela

The US has confiscated cargo from four Iranian vessels which were en route to Venezuela in its "largest-ever seizure" of fuel shipments, the Justice Department said. The seized property totalled approximately 1.116 million barrels of petroleum, it added. A US court had issued a seizure order after it was found that the shipments belonged to Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC).

Reuters : Aug 15, 2020, 10:14 AM
WASHINGTON- The United States has seized four Iranian fuel shipments en route to Venezuela and confiscated the cargoes, the Justice Department said on Friday, calling it the largest-ever such U.S. seizure of Tehran’s petroleum.

DOJ said it executed out a seizure order issued by a U.S. court in the District of Columbia, and with the assistance of foreign partners, the seized property, totaling approximately 1.116 million barrels of petroleum, is now in U.S. custody.