Iran says it has thwarted an attempt by the US navy to seize a tanker in the Sea of Oman carrying its oil, state television reported.It gave no details of the date of the incident or the country where the vessel is registered in the report which comes amid faltering efforts to revive Iran’s nuclear deal with world powers that would see a lifting of US sanctions on its oil exports.“American forces pursued the tanker by helicopters and warships but failed to capture it,” Iran’s IRNA news agency said, adding that the tanker is now in Iran’s territorial waters.
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