Middle East

Oil Tanker Seized in U.S.-Iran Dispute Still Incommunicado

THE SOUND OF SILENCE

The armed men that seized the oil tanker appear to have disabled satellite communications systems on board.

Shannon Vavra
Shannon Vavra 

National Security Reporter

An oil tanker pulls into the port of a Repsol oil refinery in Cartagena
(REUTERS/Francisco Bonilla) / Reuters
Shannon Vavra

Shannon Vavra

National Security Reporter

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