Ship Seizure Drags South Korea Deeper Into Tensions Over Iran
- Seoul to expand military presence and send team to Tehran
- Iranian official links tanker to funds trapped in South Korea
A South Korean-flagged tanker being escorted by Iran's Revolutionary Guards navy after being seized.
Photographer: Tasmin News/AFP via Getty Images
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South Korea is sending officials to Tehran and a warship to the Persian Gulf after Iran seized one of its commercial vessels, sparking a new standoff in the potentially perilous last two weeks of the Trump administration.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said on Monday it had detained the South Korean-flagged Hankuk Chemi for repeatedly violating environmental laws, something its operator denied.