UPDATE 1-Iran seizes oil tanker Ocean Koi in Gulf of Oman, state media says

⁠sanctions ​since February - was ⁠escorted to the southern coast of Iran and ⁠handed over to the judicial authorities, according to state ​media. The seizure came after U.S. and Iranian ⁠forces clashed in the Strait of Hormuz, which connects ⁠the ​Gulf to the Gulf of Oman.

Iran ​has seized ​the oil tanker Ocean ‌Koi in ​the Gulf of Oman over an alleged attempt ‌to disrupt Iran's oil exports, Iranian state media said on Friday, quoting an army statement.

It said the ‌Barbados-flagged tanker was carrying Iranian oil and "was trying ‌to harm and disrupt oil exports .... by exploiting regional conditions". The oil tanker - which has been under U.S. ⁠sanctions ​since February - was ⁠escorted to the southern coast of Iran and ⁠handed over to the judicial authorities, according to state ​media.

The seizure came after U.S. and Iranian ⁠forces clashed in the Strait of Hormuz, which connects ⁠the ​Gulf to the Gulf of Oman. Iran has largely closed the narrow waterway, a conduit ⁠for about a fifth of the world's oil flows ⁠before ⁠the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran broke out on February 28.