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Iran has been loading oil onto tankers at a rapid pace in recent days, a potential sign of the Persian Gulf state’s preparations in case of an attack by the US.

Iranian state television says the Revolutionary Guard's navy has seized two foreign oil tankers in the Persian Gulf Thursday, claiming the tankers had been smuggling fuel.

President Donald Trump ordered a quarantine of sanctioned tankers to pressure Venezuela’s then-President Nicolás Maduro before the U.S. apprehended him.

Among the crude oil tankers designated are Ocean Koi, owned by Marshall Islands-based Ocean Kudos Shipping Co; North Star, owned by British Virgin Islands-based Mistral Fleet Co; and Felicita, operated by Liberia-registered Vast Marine Inc. These vessels are said to have transported Iranian high sulfur fuel oil (HSFO) and naphtha.

A U.S.-flagged tanker heading for Bahrain was approached and threatened by Iranian gunboats in the Strait of Hormuz, a British maritime security firm says.