{"id":27407,"date":"2020-08-14T13:52:28","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T13:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=27407"},"modified":"2020-08-14T13:52:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-14T13:52:28","slug":"us-seizes-4-iranian-gas-laden-ships-heading-for-venezuela","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=27407","title":{"rendered":"US seizes 4 Iranian gas laden ships heading for Venezuela"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The United States of America has seized no fewer than four Iranian ships laden with gas which were all heading to Venezuela.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The seizure of the ships was confirmed on Friday by a senior American official as the US steps up its campaign of maximum pressure against the two heavily sanctioned axis nations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the official, no military force was used in the seizures and the ships were not physically confiscated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rather, US officials on ground threatened ship owners, insurers and captains with sanctions to force them to hand over their cargo, which now becomes US property.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prosecutors say the four ships were transporting to Venezuela 1.1 million barrels of gasoline.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reacting to the development, Iran\u2019s ambassador to Venezuela said reports that Iranian tankers had been seized were \u201cyet another lie and psychological warfare\u201d by the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe ships are not Iranian, and neither the owner nor its flag has anything to do with Iran<\/a>,\u201d Hojat Soltani said on Twitter in Spanish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is another lie and act of psychological warfare perpetrated by the US propaganda machine,\u201d Soltani said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe terrorist #Trump cannot compensate for his humiliation and defeat by Iran using false propaganda,\u201d he concluded<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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