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Iran seizes ‘fuel-smuggling’ tanker in the Persian Gulf

Iran says it has seized a foreign tanker and its crew for smuggling fuel

Iranian television says the Revolutionary Guards seized a foreign tanker in the Gulf on Sunday. The report says the vessel was smuggling one million litres of fuel. There was no mention of which country it belonged to.

Also in the programme: Instagram begins hiding the number of 'likes' posts get - in an attempt to reduce social pressure on users; and how a German firm approved a dam in Brazil, before it burst.

(Photo: The Revolutionary Guards' naval force is tasked with patrolling the Strait of Hormuz. Credit: AFP)

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Thu 18 Jul 201913:06GMT

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