Iran says seized oil tanker in Gulf was an Iraqi vessel -IRNA

DUBAI, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Iran said on Sunday that an oil tanker sized by its elite forces in the Gulf for smuggling fuel was an Iraqi ship, the official IRNA news agency reported.

"The oil tanker that was captured on Wednesday for smuggling Iran's fuel to other countries was an Iraqi ship," IRNA said, quoting Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps. (Writing by Parisa Hafezi; Editing by Catherine Evans)