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LOGINMANAGE||LOGINMANAGE|AdvertisementOne of four ships being used by Iran to ship oil to Venezeula. (DOJ image)The U.S. government announced on Friday it has seized more than 1.1 million barrels of Iranian oil on four ships bound for Venezuela.The move was taken against the shipments from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is a designated foreign terrorist organization, according to the Department of Justice.Advertisement - story continues belowIt is the government's largest-ever seizure of fuel shipments from Iran, the DOJ said.The actual work on the seizure had started a month ago, when the U.S. filed a legal complaint seeking an order forfeiting all petroleum-related product cargo aboard the four foreign oil tankers, the Bella, the Bering, the Pandi and the Luna.TRENDING:A seizure order then was issued by U.S. District Court Judge Jeb Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.The goal was the disruption of the multimillion dollar fuel shipment by the IRGC, which would have produced revenue for the Iranian extremists.Advertisement - story continues belowThe petroleum now in the possession of the U.S. totaled 1.116 million barrels. The current price is about $42 a barrel.The DOJ noted that after the forfeiture order was enforced, "Iran's navy forcibly boarded an unrelated ship in an apparent attempt to recover the seized petroleum, but was unsuccessful."U.S. Central Command posted online a video of the failed Iranian attack:Today in international waters, Iranian forces, including two ships and an Iranian "Sea King" helicopter, overtook and boarded a ship called the 'Wila.'— U.S. Central Command (@CENTCOM)Advertisement - story continues belowThe DOJ explained that there now will be court hearings on the actually ownership of the oil, but funds successfully forfeited "with a connection to a state sponsor of terrorism" can be used for the United States Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund.Investigators in Colorado Springs and Minneapolis continue to work on the case, which is being handled by the National Security Division and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia.AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementJust-released expanded edition of controversial bestseller takes on evils never before seen in U.S.AdvertisementTap here to add The Western Journal to your home screen.Advertisement×Advertisement

LOGINMANAGE||LOGINMANAGE|AdvertisementOne of four ships being used by Iran to ship oil to Venezeula. (DOJ image)The U.S. government announced on Friday it has seized more than 1.1 million barrels of Iranian oil on four ships bound for Venezuela.The move was taken against the shipments from the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, which is a designated foreign terrorist organization, according to the Department of Justice.Advertisement - story continues belowIt is the government's largest-ever seizure of fuel shipments from Iran, the DOJ said.The actual work on the seizure had started a month...

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