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Iran Revolutionary Guards Seize Two Vessels, Detain 34 Foreign Crew

A picture taken on April 29, 2023, shows a shipping vessel sailing past Iran's Gulf island of Qeshm. (AFP)
A picture taken on April 29, 2023, shows a shipping vessel sailing past Iran's Gulf island of Qeshm. (AFP)
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Iran Revolutionary Guards Seize Two Vessels, Detain 34 Foreign Crew

A picture taken on April 29, 2023, shows a shipping vessel sailing past Iran's Gulf island of Qeshm. (AFP)
A picture taken on April 29, 2023, shows a shipping vessel sailing past Iran's Gulf island of Qeshm. (AFP)

Iran's Revolutionary Guards' Navy have seized two vessels allegedly smuggling 4.5 million liters of fuel.
The semi-official Tasnim news agency said on Wednesday that 34 foreign crew have been detained by the Guards in the operation.
Iran, which has some of the world's cheapest fuel prices due to heavy subsidies and the plunge in the value of its national currency, has been fighting rampant fuel smuggling by land to neighboring countries and by sea to Gulf Arab states, said Reuters.
Naval forces of Iran's Revolutionary Guards have in recent years seized several ships smuggling fuel.

 

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Over 12,300 Civilians Killed since Start of Ukraine War, UN says

A woman reacts at the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine, December 20, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
A woman reacts at the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine, December 20, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
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Over 12,300 Civilians Killed since Start of Ukraine War, UN says

A woman reacts at the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine, December 20, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo
A woman reacts at the site of a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in central Kyiv, Ukraine, December 20, 2024. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

More than 12,300 civilians have been killed in the Ukraine war since Russia invaded nearly three years ago, a UN official said on Wednesday, noting higher casualties in recent months amid the use of drones, long-range missiles and glide bombs, according to Reuters.

"Russian armed forces intensified their operations to capture further territory in eastern Ukraine, with a severe impact on civilians in frontline areas, particularly in the Donetsk, Kherson, and Zaporizhzhia regions," Nada Al-Nashif, United Nations Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights said in a statement, referring to developments since September 2024.

"We are deeply concerned by the impacts on civilians of the increased use of drones and the use of new weapons," she added, referring in part to Russia's use of highly destructive guided bombs or glide bombs in residential areas.