Iran Seizes Tanker 'Based on Judicial Order,' US Suddenly Remembers International Law
Al Jazeera reports the IRGC seized a tanker in the Gulf, citing a 'judicial order' as justification. This, we're told, raises 'regional tensions.' Odd, how the world media only discovers the sanctity of maritime law when it's not the US or its partners unilaterally seizing Iranian oil or assets, an act that has been ongoing for years. Remember when the US seized an Iranian tanker near Gibraltar in
2019, or confiscated 2 million barrels of Iranian crude in 2023 without any 'judicial order' from a sovereign court? Apparently, some nations' 'judicial orders' are more equal than others. The hypocrisy is glaring. For decades, the US has weaponized sanctions and economic warfare, backed often by military intimidation, against nations it despises, all under the guise of an 'international order' it
frequently violates. Now, Iran responds in kind—mirroring tactics learned directly from the hegemon—and suddenly, the 'rules-based order' is in peril. One might wonder why Al Jazeera frames this as unique Iranian belligerence, rather than a predictable tit-for-tat in a long-running economic war.