Supreme Leader says Iran took oil from Greek tankers

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to the crowd (Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader/AP)

Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei acknowledged that Iran took the oil from two Greek tankers last month in helicopter-launched raids in the Persian Gulf.

The confiscations were retaliation for Greece’s role in the US seizure of crude oil from an Iranian-flagged tanker the same week in the Mediterranean Sea over violating Washington’s harsh sanctions on the Islamic Republic.