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The Israeli Broadcasting Corporation is reporting another ship has been seized in the gulf. Correspondent Amochai Stein said on Twitter: “Iran has seized another oil vessel in the Strait of Hormuz. Iran's Revolutionary Guard arrests a vessel and 11 crew on 'diesel smuggling charges'."

It comes after Iran said accusations it had a role in the attack on Saudi oil installations were "unacceptable" and "baseless", after a senior US official said the Islamic Republic was behind it. "These allegations are condemned as unacceptable and entirely baseless," Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said in remarks carried by state TV. On Sunday, a senior US official told reporters that evidence from the attack, which hit the world's biggest oil-processing facility on Saturday, indicated Iran was behind it, instead of the Yemeni Houthi group that had claimed responsibility.

Iran is believed to have seized another oil tanker passing through the Strait of Hormuz

Donald Trump waded into the row by issuing a fierce warning to Iran that America was "locked and loaded" in a chilling esponse to the oil field attacks. The US President said on Twitter: "There is reason to believe that we know the culprit, are locked and loaded depending on verification, but are waiting to hear from the Kingdom as to who they believe was the cause of the attack, and under what terms we would proceed." He then said the US had 'PLENTY OF OIL!' despite the attacks on the fields. READ MORE: Putin swoops on Iran chaos in crunch talks hours after Saudi strike

Donald Trump said the US is "locked and loaded"

Iran's semi-official Students News agency ISNA reported Iran's Revolutionary Guards have seized the the vessel for allegedly smuggling 250,000 litres of diesel fuel to the United Arab Emirates. A reporter for ISNA said: "It was detained near Iran's Greater Tunb island in the Persian Gulf. “The crew have been handed over to legal authorities in the southern Hormozgan province."

Mr Trump said on Monday the United States would help its allies. Taking to Twitter he said: “We don't need Middle Eastern Oil & Gas, & in fact have very few tankers there, but will help our Allies!" The latest reported ship seizure by Iran follows a series of incidents involving shipping around the Gulf after US sanctions on Iranian oil exports took full effect in May. Iran's supreme leader today ruled out talks with Washington after US President Donald Trump blamed Tehran for an attack on Saudi oil facilities that knocked out half the kingdom's output. Trump said on Monday that it looked like Iran was behind the weekend strike at the heart of the Saudi oil industry, which cut 5% of global production, but stressed he did not want to go to war. Iran denied it was to blame.

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