Iran Seizes Cargo Ship for Dumping Oil Waste in Strait of Hormuz

Kathmandu. Iranian officials have seized a cargo ship for dumping oil and semi-solid fuel waste in the Strait of Hormuz, Iranian media reported on Monday.

"After pictures of oil dumping in the sea were published, experts and a cleanup team were sent to the site and the polluting ship was seized," Ismail Makizadeh, deputy head of the Ports and Maritime Department of the southern Hormozgan province, told the Iranian state news agency.