GIBRALTAR (REUTERS) - The United States has issued a warrant to seize an Iranian oil tanker caught in the standoff between Teheran and the West in a last ditch effort to prevent the vessel from leaving Gibraltar.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
GIBRALTAR - The United States has issued a warrant to seize an Iranian oil tanker caught in the standoff between Teheran and the West in a last ditch effort to prevent the vessel from leaving Gibraltar.
Gibraltar lifted the detention order on Thursday after the British territory's chief minister said he had secured written assurances from Tehran that the cargo would not go to Syria. A federal court in Washington issued a warrant to seize the tanker, the oil it carries and nearly US$1 million .
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