Iran confirmed on Thursday that its forces seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, which was reported earlier in the day to have been boarded by armed men in military uniforms. The state-run IRNA news agency ran a brief story acknowledging the seizure of the civilian vessel by Iran’s navy. Iran’s navy later confirmed it seized the ship named St Nicholas, which was previously called Suez Rajan. Suspicious had immediately fallen on Iran as the ship was once known as the Suez Rajan and had been involved in a year-long dispute that ultimately saw the US Justice Department seize 1 million barrels…