video Share on Facebook It claims to be shown by the Iranian Navy, which seized US oil tankers in 2025.
Verdict: Misleading
This video was filmed in 2024, not 2025.
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Social media users claim to be showing videos of the Iranian Navy seizing US oil tankers. One user shared the video and said it was from “yesterday.”
However, this video is from last year. Check your facts through reverse image search video It was shared on social media in January 2024. The video clearly shows the seizing of oil tanker Nicholas Street.
Video of the moment #iranThe Navy seized Suez Rajan, an oil tanker renamed Nicholas St. https://t.co/0tmfv7ydkc pic.twitter.com/9lmbzera6p
– Iranian Nuances (@irannuances) January 12, 2024
“Current video #iranThe Navy seized Suez Rajan, an oil tanker renamed Nicholas Street,” the tweet reads. (Related: Has Protestant leaders been removed from Washington National Cathedral?)
The tanker had previously been seized by the US in 2023 to transport oil to Iran. CNN. It was a rocking tanker in the Marshall Islands. Iran said it had seized it in retaliation for a previous US attack.
“The tanker has been changed to St. Nicholas and transporting oil in the Sea of ​​Oman has been seized in retaliation for the theft of oil by the US administration, and moved to ports in the Islamic Republic, following orders from the court of justice. I read a statement from the Iranian Navy at the time.
