TankerTrackers.com Locates Seized Greek Tankers in Iranian Waters

The Pegas that was held off Greece. AFP
The Pegas that was held off Greece. AFP
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TankerTrackers.com Locates Seized Greek Tankers in Iranian Waters

The Pegas that was held off Greece. AFP
The Pegas that was held off Greece. AFP

Two Greek oil tankers seized by Iran last week are located in Iranian waters, monitoring service TankerTrackers.com said in a Twitter post on Thursday.

"We now have a visual confirmation that the hijacked Greek Suezmax tanker Prudent Warrior is in the anchorage of Bandar Abbas, Iran," the online service which tracks and reports shipments and storage of crude oil said in the post.

The second vessel, the Delta Poseidon, also a Suezmax tanker, is being held north of Larak island, it added, according to Reuters.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards' navy seized the two vessels on May 27 in the Gulf, after the United States confiscated oil from an Iranian-flagged tanker, the Pegas, held off the Greek coast, Tehran's state media had said.

The Pegas was later released but the seizure inflamed tensions at a delicate time, with Iran and world powers seeking to revive a deal to restrain Tehran's nuclear program which US former President Donald Trump abandoned in 2018.



8 People Die in Fire at Home for the Elderly in Serbia

Emergency personnel work at a damaged nursing home that caught fire, outside Belgrade, Serbia, January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Djordje Kojadinovic
Emergency personnel work at a damaged nursing home that caught fire, outside Belgrade, Serbia, January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Djordje Kojadinovic
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8 People Die in Fire at Home for the Elderly in Serbia

Emergency personnel work at a damaged nursing home that caught fire, outside Belgrade, Serbia, January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Djordje Kojadinovic
Emergency personnel work at a damaged nursing home that caught fire, outside Belgrade, Serbia, January 20, 2025. REUTERS/Djordje Kojadinovic

Eight people died Monday in a fire at a home for the elderly on the outskirts of the Serbian capital, Belgrade, officials said.
Seven others were injured in the blaze that erupted around 3:30 a.m. in Barajevo, a municipality on the southern edge of Belgrade, state RTS television reported.
“Emergency crews reacted swiftly ... but unfortunately the fire had already flared up and eight people lost their lives,” The Associated Press quoted Serbian Social Care Minister Nemanja Starovic as saying.
Police said in a statement that 30 people were in the home when the fire broke out. They said the fire engulfed over a third of the care facility, which is located in a house in a rural area.
The suspected cause of the fire was arson, police said.
The state prosecutor's office said an investigation is still underway but that initial indications suggest that one of the residents who died in the fire had started it.
The injured were transferred to two hospitals in Belgrade, RTS said. At least one person was in serious condition, doctors said.
“This is a huge tragedy, but it could have been even worse,” RTS quoted emergency sector officer Luka Causic as saying.