The legal grounds: The oil was shipped by a US company in violation of US law. American companies can’t do business with an organisation that the US government has designated as a terrorist organisation. Thus American authorities siezed the ship and its cargo.

Why is this person getting upvotes for clearly lying. Empire Navigation is based in Greece. Here’s more info: Source.

But the company pleaded guilty…

Yes. And were fined. But that’s perfunctory so that they can make more money smuggling oil. The sanctions are solely enforced by the U.S., without consent of the UN.

Yes.

Your own link argues against you:

"But the Suez Rajan case was unique at the time of the transfer because it was owned by the Los Angeles-based private equity firm Oaktree Capital Management. "

At the time the ship was being used for moving US sanctioned oil, it was own by a US company. That supports @[email protected] 's statements.

That is correct and why they could prosecute this case. But they have been seizing oil since 2019. And even if all those tankers were partially owned by US companies, it still doesn’t change the fact that this amounts to piracy. Defending international injustice with legalese doesn’t absolve what this is. When China seizes our tankers because the parts were made in China, will you defend them?

And even if all those tankers were partially owned by US companies,

If the tankers are company is operating in the US, then they are bound by US laws no matter where they are in the world. A company can’t benefit from the protection of the US government and laws at home only to go abroad to commit US crimes.

Many countries can use that justification. Why are you defending an act that you’d condemn if it was done to America?

You’re really committed to the act, even after multiple people have pointed out your error in reading this situation. Kudos to you I guess?

It’s not an act. I care about this world I live in. I don’t debate to convince the people that disagree with me. I do it to show that those people don’t use logic and reason to decide their beliefs. They want the illusion of confirmation bias. I try to disrupt that illusion. We need to see the world from different perspectives.

Logic - US said do not do that.hey bud i literally told you today that Russia is relying on human trafficking to commit their war crimes.

Reason - They did it.

If this has insulin, guns, nuclear warheads, humans, food. You’d probably not care at all. This article would never be written.