VOL. XXXIX

No. 32

5-May-1996

IRAN

US Accuses And Iran Denies Involvement in Busting Iraqi Oil Sanctions

An unidentified US official in the Gulf told the press on 29 April that the oil tanker Naomi, flying the Belize flag, was captured in the Gulf of Oman carrying 1,300 tons of Iraqi fuel oil, and that it had sailed in Iranian territorial waters in an effort to evade the sanctions. He said that the tanker was currently in international waters waiting to be towed to a local port for...