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Coverage dated May 6, 2023

Satellite images show tankers Iran seized off Bandar Abbas

Headline from WHEC Rochester

Two oil tankers recently seized by Iran are anchored off the coast of one of its key port cities on the strategic Strait of Hormuz. That's according to satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press on Sunday.

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  1. WHEC Rochester

    Satellite images show tankers Iran seized off Bandar Abbas (opens WHEC Rochester)

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    Two oil tankers recently seized by Iran are anchored off the coast of one of its key port cities on the strategic Strait of Hormuz. That's according to satellite photos analyzed by The Associated Press on Sunday.

  2. New York Post

    Satellite photos reveal oil tankers seized by Iran anchored off port city (opens New York Post)

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    The photos from Planet Labs PBC showed the Advantage Sweet and the Niovi being just south of Bandar Abbas near a naval base in the port city in Iran’s Hormozgan province Saturday.

  3. The Times of Israel

    Satellite images show 2 oil tankers seized by Iran anchored near naval base (opens The Times of Israel)

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    Ship flying flags of Marshall Islands and Panama seen at Iranian port Bandar Abbas; meanwhile, another thought to be carrying Iranian crude disappears from anchorage off Singapore

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