‘Environmental pollution’: Iran seizes South Korea flagged ship
www.aljazeera.com
The vessel, which was led to Bandar Abbas after being seized, was said to be carrying 7,200 tonnes of ethanol.

The al jazeera post is trash but at least it sums up some of the context for the actions

  • ElGosso [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    the spokesman of the Iranian foreign ministry, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said earlier a high-level official from the South Korean foreign ministry will travel to Tehran later this week to discuss Seoul’s prolonged freezing of billions of dollars of Iranian money due to United States sanctions.

    Think I figured it out