FacebookTwitterEmailLinkedin U.S. Central Command says it intercepted a merchant vessel, the Sevan, in the Arabian Sea on 25 April as part of enforcement operations tied to a blockade targeting Iranian maritime trade. According to U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), the Sevan is one of 19 vessels in a so-called “shadow fleet” sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury for allegedly transporting Iranian energy products, including oil, gas, propane, and butane, to foreign markets. RelatedNews South Korea condemns attack on HMM vessel “in the strongest terms” JMIC: Security remains highly volatile across key regions var jnews_module_21371193_0_6a01e2684b7d5 = {"header_icon":"","first_title":"Related","second_title":"News","url":"","header_type":"heading_8","header_background":"","header_secondary_background":"","header_text_color":"","header_line_color":"","header_accent_color":"","header_filter_category":"","header_filter_author":"","header_filter_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_post_tag":"","header_filter_cpt_tribe_events_cat":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_category":"","header_filter_cpt_web_story_tag":"","header_filter_text":"All","sticky_post":false,"sticky_post_filter":false,"post_type":"post","content_type":"all","sponsor":false,"number_post":"2","post_offset":0,"unique_content":"unique1","include_post":"","included_only":false,"exclude_post":"21371193","include_category":"","exclude_category":"","include_author":"","include_tag":"4346,903,2647,131","exclude_tag":"","exclude_visited_post":false,"post_tag":"","tribe_events_cat":"","web_story_category":"","web_story_tag":"","sort_by":"latest","show_date":"","date_format":"default","date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","pagination_mode":"disable","pagination_nextprev_showtext":"","pagination_number_post":"2","pagination_scroll_limit":0,"ads_type":"disable","ads_position":1,"ads_random":"","ads_image":"","ads_image_tablet":"","ads_image_phone":"","ads_image_link":"","ads_image_alt":"","ads_image_new_tab":"","google_publisher_id":"","google_s