Iran seizes South Korean tanker as tensions with US mount

Move comes as Iran resumes enriching uranium to up to 20% purity in significant breach of 2015 nuclear accord

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have seized a South Korean vessel for polluting the Persian Gulf with chemicals" amid rising tensions between Iran and the US during the final days of Donald Trump's presidency.

Iranian news agencies published photos showing Revolutionary Guards speedboats escorting the tanker MT Hankuk Chemi and said the vessel's crewmembers, including nationals of South Korea, Indonesia, Vietnam and Myanmar, had been detained. The tanker is being held at Iran's Bandar Abbas port city.