The US Navy says a Swiss-controlled suezmax has been seized by Iranian forces in the Gulf of Oman.

The Middle East-based Fifth Fleet identified the vessel as the 159,100-dwt Advantage Sweet (built 2012) in a statement on Twitter.

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The Marshall Islands-flag tanker was intercepted on Thursday afternoon in international waters amid wider tensions over Tehran’s nuclear programme.