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Court filing seeks to seize Iran oil on US-owned tanker

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Al-Araby

Victims of the 11 September attacks have asked the US government to seize Iranian crude oil suspected to be on an American-owned oil tanker in Asia, court documents show. The filings in New York come as US investigators continue to probe the alleged involvement of the Suez Rajan, owned by Los Angeles-based private equity firm Oaktree Capital Management, in the sanctioned trade of Iranian oil as negotiations continue over Tehran’s collapsing nuclear deal with world powers. Fleetscape, the Oaktree subsidiary that owns the Suez Rajan, did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The fede…

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