New Delhi, April 23 -- The US military seized another tanker linked to Iranian oil smuggling on Thursday, intensifying a high-stakes maritime confrontation. The action occurred just one day after Iran's Revolutionary Guards captured two vessels in the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

The Department of Defense released footage showing American forces boarding the Majestic X, a Guyana-flagged tanker intercepted in the Indian Ocean. Tracking data placed the ship between Sri Lanka and Indonesia-the same region where US forces recently seized the tanker Tifani. The Majestic X, formerly named Phonix, was sanctioned in 2024 for transporting prohibited Iranian crude towards Zhoushan, China.

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