An oil tanker under US sanctions for allegedly transporting Iranian petroleum products was seized off Yemen and diverted toward Somalia, Reuters reported Friday, marking the latest attack in a resurgence of Somali piracy.
The Eritrea-flagged *Sibu 1* was boarded Thursday by six armed individuals, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations. The US Treasury sanctioned the tanker last December for allegedly being part of a shadow fleet helping Iranian petroleum products evade sanctions.
The vessel was at least the 13th attacked this year off Somalia or in the Gulf of Aden, compared with five such attacks in all of 2025, according to International Maritime Bureau data and UKMTO reports cited by Reuters.
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