The United States has reportedly seized a Chinese cargo shipment bound for Iran in a rare special-operations raid at sea, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. U.S. forces boarded the vessel in the Indian Ocean,

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The United States forces raided a cargo ship travelling from China to Iran last month amid brewing tensions in the Indo-Pacific region.

A U.S. special operations team in the Indian Ocean raided a ship headed to Iran from China last month and seized military-related articles, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing U.S. officials.

The Wall Street Journal says the operation was a rare maritime interdiction aimed at disrupting Iran’s military procurement efforts.

Slowing imports from China, driven by government quotas and US sanctions on Chinese entities, have pushed the volume of Iranian oil held in floating storage to 52 million barrels, the highest level since May 2023,

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