Iranian state media released a video showing the hijacking of the vessel by Iranian military personnel as it was sailing in the Gulf of Oman on Thursday

The state news agency of Iran acknowledged the seizure of a vessel by the country's naval forces

The tanker, St. Nikolas, is a Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker associated with the Greek shipping company Empire Navigation and was headed for a Turkish refinery

The incident is the latest in a series of attacks in Middle Eastern waters since