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Iranian fuel tankers approach Venezuelan waters despite US warning
The first of five Iranian tankers carrying fuel for gasoline-starved Venezuela approached the South American country’s waters on Saturday afternoon (Sunday morning Malaysia time), despite a US official’s warning that Washington was considering a response to the shipment.
As of 4:51pm local time (4.51am Malaysia time), the tanker - named Fortune - was passing north of the neighbouring dual-island Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago, Refinitiv Eikon data showed.
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