There is no organizational communication in the Iranian IRGC, and the left hand doesn’t know what the right hand is doing. If they keep this up, they will lose China as a partner, given that this is the second issue with a Chinese vessel; the other incident is that they fired on the tanker.
China can’t be happy. However, maybe everything is coming to a head with the XI-Trump upcoming meeting. The outcome of which should be interesting. It sure seems we have the upper hand, but you can never count out China or Russia in the grand scheme of things. All IMO.
https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2026/05/08/irans-latest-actions-show-how-desperate-they-are-n2202158
“Wow, that sounds pretty bold.
Except for one thing. It’s a tanker, sanctioned by the U.S., carrying Iranian oil. Tehran said the tanker was “exploiting regional conditions.” Their state media said the tanker had been turned over to judicial authorities.
This may be one of the funniest things the Iranians have done so far. So it appears that either they seized a tanker shipping their own oil in the wake of the U.S. attacks on them on Thursday, to appear tough and make it look like they were doing something. Or someone running their oil even believed he could get over on the regime by moving stuff against what Iranian leadership wanted. Take your pick. Either way, it’s hilarious. And are they stepping on the Chinese in the process, since it’s reportedly “Chinese-managed”? They made what would appear to be a big boo-boo earlier in the week, firing on a Chinese tanker, which couldn’t have made the Chinese happy.”