Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seize two ships smuggling 1.5m liters of fuel -Tasnim news agency

Naval forces of Iran's Revolutionary Guards have seized two Panama-flagged ships smuggling 1.5 million liters of fuel, Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday. (AP/File)
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Updated 16 September 2023
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Iran’s Revolutionary Guards seize two ships smuggling 1.5m liters of fuel -Tasnim news agency

  • The two ships had a total of 37 crew members from various countries

DUBAI: Naval forces of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have in recent days seized two Panama-flagged ships smuggling 1.5 million liters of fuel, the semi-official Tasnim news agency reported on Thursday.
The two ships had a total of 37 crew members from various countries, Tasnim added.


Jordan condemns US ambassador remarks on accepting Israel’s West Bank annexation

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Jordan condemns US ambassador remarks on accepting Israel’s West Bank annexation

  • The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it rejects the ambassador’s “absurd and provocative statements”

CAIRO: Jordan condemned Saturday earlier remarks by US envoy to Israel Mike Huckabee, who said it would be acceptable if Israel took control of the entire Middle East, including the West Bank.
Huckabee has suggested that he would not object if Israel were to take most of the Middle East. 
The Jordanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it rejects the ambassador’s “absurd and provocative statements,” in a statement published on Petra News Agency. 
Ministry spokesman Fouad Majali said the remarks “constitute a violation of diplomatic norms, an infringement on the sovereignty of the region's countries, a blatant breach of international law and the UN Charter.”
Majali also said they contradict diplomatic efforts by the United States and the declared position of US President Donald Trump in rejecting the annexation of the occupied West Bank. 
The spokesperson reaffirmed that the West Bank, including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip are occupied Palestinian territories under international law, and that ending Israel’s occupation is a must for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state on all of the occupied Palestinian territory, based on the two-state solution.