Iran: US after contrive victory with tanker seizure
Foreign Minister Bijan Zangeneh has reiterated that the cargo of oil tankers reportedly seized by the United States last week was not Iranian.
"The United States is seeking to contrive a victory for itself. Neither did the ships nor the cargo belong to Iran," Zangeneh told reporters on Tuesday after attending a parliamentary session.
US officials have said the Trump administration seized the cargo of four tankers transporting 1.1 million barrels of gasoline to Venezuela as part of Washington's campaign of maximum pressure on both countries.
Tehran has pushed back on Washington's effort to portray the seizure as a victory after the US failed to stop five Iranian tankers from delivering badly needed fuel Venezuela in May.