Sri Lanka, April 21 -- Overnight, U.S. forces conducted a right-of-visit, maritime interdiction and boarding of the stateless sanctioned M/T Tifani without incident in the INDOPACOM area of responsibility.⁰⁰As we have made clear, we will pursue global maritime enforcement efforts to disrupt illicit. pic.twitter.com/EGwDe3dBI3

US forces have reportedly boarded a sanctioned oil tanker in the Indo-Pacific region some 700km (430 miles) south-east of Sri Lanka, according to the BBC and major news outlets.

The Pentagon confirmed US forces boarded a sanctioned tanker overnight "without incident" in efforts to "disrupt illicit networks" supporting Iran.

In a post on X, the US Department of War noted that it "conducted a right-of-vi...