Amid tensions, Trump said the U.S. seized Iranian oil from four tankers for defying U.S. sanctions by sending cargoes to Venezuela. But Iran rejected it as "another lie and psychological warfare" by the United States. Earlier, U.S. military said the Iranian navy briefly seized a Liberian-flagged oil tanker near the strategic Strait of Hormuz.

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