Iran’s Revolutionary Guards reportedly intercepted the Talara, a Marshall Islands-flagged oil products tanker, and directed it towards Iranian waters. The tanker had been carrying high-sulphur gasoil from Sharjah to Singapore and was sailing off the United Arab Emirates’ coast when contact was lost, the vessel’s manager, Columbia Shipmanagement, told Reuters. Britain’s UK Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO) agency said the incident “is believed to be state activity”, reporting that the tanker was moving into Iranian territorial waters. n18oc_crux | n18oc_world