{
  "id": 16433574,
  "title": "Russian “shadow fleet” tanker linked to Iranian leadership sends distress signal in the North Atlantic",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/25/russian-shadow-fleet-tanker-linked-to-iranian-leadership-sends",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-25T05:05:10.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Insider",
    "slug": "the-insider",
    "url": "https://theins.press/en/news/298707"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The oil tanker Myra, carrying 75,000 metric tons of petroleum products, sent a distress signal in the North Atlantic on October 24. The vessel, which has been sanctioned by the U.S., EU, UK, and three other nations, had recently departed Russia's Ust-Luga port and circumnavigated the United Kingdom. Ukrainian intelligence has linked Myra to the shipping network of Mohammad Hossein Shamkhani, a son of Iran's Supreme National Security Council secretary and adviser to the supreme leader. The tanker was at 56°18'N latitude and 15°25'W longitude when it transmitted the distress signal using the Inmarsat-C satellite system at 12:38 p.m. UTC, or 3:38 p.m. Moscow time. Despite extreme weather conditions, including 8.8-meter waves and 70-knot winds, Myra continued moving at about 9 knots. British coast guard officials are coordinating assistance, while the vessel remains under international sanctions.",
  "summary": "The oil products tanker Myra ( IMO 9336490), which is under sanctions from the U.S., EU, UK, and three other jurisdictions, sent a distress signal in the North Atlantic west of Ireland on Oct. 24. The UK coast guard is coordinating assistance to the vessel, which maritime monitors say departed the Russian port of Ust-Luga and sailed around the northern coast of the United Kingdom, bypassing the…",
  "key_points": [
    "Myra tanker carries 75,000 metric tons of petroleum products",
    "Distress signal sent by Myra in North Atlantic on Oct 24",
    "Myra linked to Iranian leadership through Ukrainian intelligence"
  ],
  "editors_take": "The distress signal from a sanctioned tanker linked to Iranian leadership underscores the growing maritime risks inherent in using untraceable shadow fleets to bypass international sanctions and transport petroleum.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}