据报道，印尼相关海事部门周二扣押了一艘悬挂伊朗国旗的涉嫌在海上非法转运的油轮，该油轮装载了超过20万吨轻质原油。

美国及其盟国指责伊朗通过波斯湾和其他地区拥挤的航道，以规避西方对伊朗核计划的制裁。

海事安全机构在一份声明中表示，悬挂伊朗国旗的MT Arman 114油轮涉嫌在印度尼西亚专属经济区（EEZ）装载非法转运活动。

声明具体指出，这艘油轮于周五被扣押，此前有关部门发现该油轮涉嫌向一艘悬挂喀麦隆国旗的名为MT S Tinos的船只转移原油。

它解释说，这两艘船只在进行原油转运时被当场抓获。

船上有28名叙利亚船员和3名乘客，以及价值数千万美元的272，568吨轻质原油。

该机构没有直接将这笔交易与伊朗政府联系起来，也没有指责德黑兰参与其中。

今年5月，两国在雅加达签署了一项贸易协议，伊朗总统佐科·维多多(Joko Widodo)在雅加达接待了伊朗总统易卜拉欣·莱希(Ebrahim Raisi)，德黑兰希望加强其国际贸易关系。

印尼海事部门报告称，这艘油轮拒绝回应印尼当局的通讯，关闭了航运信息系统，也没有悬挂印尼国旗。

当被找到时，MT Arman 114试图逃跑，然后被追赶到马来西亚的专属经济区。

声明说，印度尼西亚有关部门在马来西亚有关部门的协助下进行了扣押，马来西亚当局在直升机的帮助下派遣了海上特种部队。

自美国加强对伊朗石油出口和其他经济领域的制裁以来，德黑兰加强了针对波斯湾油轮的行动。

美国军方上周宣布，它已经阻止了两次伊朗海军在阿曼附近的国际水域扣押商业油轮的企图，其中一次是伊朗人向油轮开火。

美国加强了旨在削减伊朗出口收入的制裁，导致美国扣押了伊朗控制的运往其他国家的原油和油轮。

乔·拜登(Joe Biden)总统上任时希望他能重返2015年与伊朗达成的核协议，但他的前任唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)废除了该协议。

但欧盟斡旋的谈判破裂了，随后在伊朗发生的大规模抗议活动使华盛顿更加犹豫是否要与这个宗教国家达成协议。

▲Credit: Reuters

英文原文

Relevant Indonesian maritime authorities reportedly seized an Iranian-flagged oil tanker loaded with over 200,000 metric tons of light crude oil following a suspected unlawful transfer at sea, they reported on Tuesday.

Iran has been accused by the US and its allies of sailing via crowded shipping lanes in the Persian Gulf and elsewhere for circumnavigating Western sanctions on the nuclear program.

The MT Arman 114 flying the Iranian flag was suspected of being loaded with illegal transhipment activities in Indonesia’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ), the maritime security agency said in a statement. The statement specified that the tanker was seized on Friday after relevant authorities found it conducting a suspected transfer of crude oil to a Cameroon-flagged vessel dubbed MT S Tinos.

It explained that the two vessels were caught red-handed while conducting crude oil transhipment.

The vessel comprised a crew of 28 Syrian nationals, three passengers, and 272,568 metric tons of light crude oil worth tens of millions of dollars. The agency did not directly link the transfer to Iran’s government nor accuse Tehran of its involvement.

In May, the two nations signed a trade deal in Jakarta, where President Joko Widodo hosted Ebrahim Raisi, his Iranian counterpart, as Tehran looked to boost its international trade ties. Indonesia’s maritime authorities reported that the tanker denied responding to a communication from Indonesian authorities, had turned off its shipping information system, and did not fly its flag.

When reached out, the MT Arman 114 tried escaping before being chased into Malaysia’s EEZ. It said that relevant Indonesian authorities conducted the seizure with the aid of relevant Malaysian authorities, who allotted special maritime troops with the help of helicopters.

Tehran has strengthened actions against oil tankers in the Persian Gulf since the US tightened the sanctions on Iranian oil exports and other areas of the economy.

The US military declared last week that it had blocked two such attempts by Iran’s navy to seize commercial oil tankers in the international waters off Oman, including one situation wherein the Iranians fired on the tanker. The strengthened US sanctions that aim to cut into Iranian export earnings have resulted in the US seizing Iranian-controlled crude shipments and tankers to other nations.

President Joe Biden took office hopeful that he’d return to a 2015 nuclear accord with Iran, which Donald Trump, his predecessor, scrapped. But EU-mediated discussions collapsed, and subsequent mass protests in Iran made Washington more hesitant to make a deal with the clerical state.

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