The US Navy said it had intervened to prevent Iran from seizing two commercial tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Wednesday in the latest in a series of attacks on ships in the area since 2019.At 0100 local time (2100 GMT) on Wednesday, an Iranian naval vessel approached the Marshall Islands-flagged oil tanker TRF Moss in international waters in the Gulf of Oman, according to the US Navy. “The Iranian vessel departed the scene when US Navy guided-missile destroyer — USS McFaul — arrived on station,” it said in a statement, adding that it had deployed surveillance assets including maritime patrol aircraft.