Iran today claimed to have exported gasoline, for the first time in history.

Recipient country is unnamed, and the amount of gasoline exported is unmentioned, so we must take this announcement with a grain of salt. However, it is clear that the Iranians’ intent is to prove that they have achieved self-sufficiency in this vital realm, despite all the efforts of the West, including sanctions and the Stuxnet computer malware.

There is total controversy about whether the computer worm has affected Iran’s new nuclear facility at Bushehr. (more…)

“On the face of it, this should be a non-event. They sail. They get stopped. They get towed to Ashdod.”
- previous post

And so it happened. Pretty close, anyway. The ship was boarded by IDF forces. It has been ‘diverted’ to Ashdod.

Not sure if they are being towed, or if the IDF is on board sailing the ship.

Contact with the crew and activists was terminated upon boarding.

No resistance, no violence, according to the IDF.

A non-event.