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US special forces raided a cargo ship travelling from China to Iran in November that was allegedly transporting “dual-use military technology,” <\/strong>according to a report published by the Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a> (WSJ) on Friday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Citing unnamed US officials, the WSJ revealed that a special operations team boarded the ship several hundred miles from Sri Lanka and seized the cargo<\/strong>, which was described as \u201cdual-use components that could be used either for civilian applications or to make conventional weapons.”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The ship’s name, its owner, and the flag under which it was sailing have not been disclosed<\/strong>. Neither Iran nor China immediately responded to the report. A spokesperson for the US Indo-Pacific Command, responsible for regional military activities, declined to comment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Nevertheless, an official told the WSJ that Washington seized material “potentially useful for Iran\u2019s conventional weapons,” <\/strong>but highlighted that the cargo could have “both military and civilian applications.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n The WSJ reported that the high-sea raid was part of a Pentagon effort to “disrupt Iran\u2019s clandestine military procurement”<\/strong> following the 12-Day War in June, during which the US and Israel teamed up to bomb Iranian nuclear sites and kill dozens of military commanders, nuclear scientists, and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The reported seizure took place weeks before US troops seized<\/a> a Venezuelan oil tanker in the Caribbean Sea and stole its cargo in a move Caracas condemned as “theft and piracy.” It also came as the UN reimposed an international ban on Iran\u2019s arms trade in late September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Overnight on Saturday, Iranian authorities reported seizing a foreign-flagged oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman and detaining its crew for allegedly smuggling six million liters of fuel<\/strong>. The vessel was intercepted in waters off the southern province of Hormozgan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mojtaba Ghahremani, the chief justice of Hormozgan province, said the seizure was part of ongoing intelligence efforts to monitor suspected fuel-smuggling activities in the Sea of Oman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There’s a clause in the UN sanctions that returned via snapback that covers interdiction of vessels carrying weaponry or dual-use goods for Iran’s missile or nuclear programs. On Wednesday, Iran seized an Eswatini-flagged vessel carrying 0.35 million liters of smuggled diesel. In mid-November, IRGC also seized a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker outside Iran\u2019s waters in the Persian Gulf for carrying unauthorized cargo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This was reported quite a bit after it happened, and by the propaganda outlet WSJ. 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If China and Iran continue this trade, more seizures are likely to follow. https:\/\/t.co\/7vJRsu7W8s<\/a> \u2014 Gregory Brew (@gbrew24) December 13, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n