GIBRALTAR (REUTERS) - Gibraltar refused on Sunday (Aug 18) a US request to seize the Iranian tanker caught in a stand-off between Teheran and the West, as the stationary vessel raised an Iranian flag ahead of its expected departure from the British territory.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
GIBRALTAR - Gibraltar refused on Sunday a US request to seize the Iranian tanker caught in a stand-off between Teheran and the West, as the stationary vessel raised an Iranian flag ahead of its expected departure from the British territory.
That detention was ended last week, but on Friday a federal court in Washington issued a warrant for the seizure of the tanker, the oil it carries and nearly US$1 million ."The EU sanctions regime against Iran - which is applicable in Gibraltar - is much narrower than that applicable in the US," the government said in a statement.
Iran's ambassador to Britain said the tanker was expected to leave Gibraltar on Sunday night."With the arrival of two specialised engineering teams to Gibraltar... the vessel is expected to leave tonight," Mr Hamid Baeidinejad said on Twitter. "The era of hit and run is over... if top authorities ask the navy, we are ready to escort out tanker Adrian," Iran's navy commander, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, was quoted as saying by Mehr news agency.
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