Iranian authorities have seized two vessels allegedly engaged in fuel smuggling near Farsi Island in the Persian Gulf, discovering more than one million liters of illicit fuel onboard.

Iranian authorities have seized a foreign tanker in the Sea of Oman on charges of fuel smuggling, according to a statement from the country's judiciary released on Wednesday.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) on Monday announced the seizure of an oil tanker in the Persian Gulf over claims of "smuggling fuel".