"750 The United States has announced that it has seized a vessel carrying Iranian oil. The ship, the oil, and the money have been confiscated by the authorities. According to the US Justice Department, the ship, the Marshall Islands-flagged Morlita, was carrying 2 million barrels of crude oil. The vessel had been seized at sea in August of last year. The US said that the oil was destined for the Syrian port of Baniyas. The US has imposed sanctions on Iran since 2018, when the Trump administration withdrew from the Iran nuclear deal. The sanctions have been maintained by the Biden administration. The seizure is the latest in a series of actions by the US to pressure Iran and to prevent it from acquiring nuclear weapons."