IRAN-IRAQ

Iran Intensifies Search Campaign of Iraqi-Bound Goods 

US, British and West German vessels were intercepted and inspected by the Iranian navy south of the Strait of Hormuz last week. These measures, undertaken for the first time against ships of these three states, are part of Iran's campaign to seize Iraq-bound goods. The detained ships were: the 12,691-ton Ville du Sahara of West Germany on 9 January, the 39,000-ton President Tyler of the US on 12 January and the...