INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN -The Iranian authorities seized as much as 360,000 liters of smuggled fuel in the Persian Gulf on Sunday.Border guards in Hormozgan
province, who received news about the activity of fuel smugglers, were immediately sent to the location to investigate the matter with
marine patrol teams, IRNA reported.In an operation, the border guards discovered four plastic containers with 360,000 liters of smuggled
diesel fuel after a thorough inspection of the area.The smugglers escaped from the place by vessels immediately before the border guards
arrived.The value of discovered smuggled diesel fuel was estimated at 98.6 billion rials (about $197,000).On May 13, Tasnim reported an
Iranian oil ship that had been illegally stolen by a foreign firm five years ago was retaken by the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)
result of a court order and a joint operation by the IRGC Navy and Intelligence Ministry, according to Mojtaba Qahremani, head of the
head of the Hormozgan Province Justice Department also said that it was recognized during investigations by security groups that the foreign
between the IRGC Navy and Intelligence Ministry, the oil tanker was finally identified and confiscated in the Persian Gulf waters earlier
in the Persian Gulf.The Islamic Republic has said unequivocally that the Persian Gulf would never be a safe haven for smugglers.As a result,
