Iran seizes Saudi Arabian fishing boat and arrests crew as tensions escalate in Persian Gulf

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Iran seizes Saudi Arabian fishing boat and arrests crew as tensions escalate in Persian Gulf

Riyadh, along with other Arab governments, has severed ties with Qatar, citing its support of Iran as one of the main reasons for the move/ 's Revolutionary Guards have detained a Saudi Arabian fishing boat and arrested its crew, an Iranian state news agency reported on Saturday, at a time of increased diplomatic tension between the two regional powers. Five Indian nationals on the vessel were detained on Friday after they crossed into Iranian territorial waters in the Gulf, Ardeshir Yarahmadi, a spokesman for the fisheries department of ...

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