An oil tanker traveling through the Strait of Hormuz near the Persian Gulf stopped transmitting its location, and there are now fears that Iran was involved amid heightened tensions between Tehran and the United States.
The United Arab Emirates-based, Panamanian-flagged tanker Riah made trips from Dubai and Sharjah along the UAE’s coast before it went through the Strait of Hormuz and drifted into Iranian waters, reported The Associated Press.
