This article is from the source 'rtcom' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at https://www.rt.com/news/469718-iran-british-tanker-departs/
The article has changed 4 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| British tanker Stena Impero sets sail from Iranian port after cleared to leave by Tehran - reports | British tanker Stena Impero sets sail from Iranian port after cleared to leave by Tehran - reports |
| (32 minutes later) | |
| British-flagged tanker Stena Impero, seized by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz in July, has left Bandar Abbas port on Iran’s southern coast and set sail towards the United Arab Emirates, tracking data shows, according to Reuters. | British-flagged tanker Stena Impero, seized by Iran in the Strait of Hormuz in July, has left Bandar Abbas port on Iran’s southern coast and set sail towards the United Arab Emirates, tracking data shows, according to Reuters. |
| The tanker was cleared by Iranian authorities to resume its voyage earlier this week. Iran’s ambassador to the UK Hamid Baeidinejad reported on Monday that the tanker was “free to leave pursuant to the completion of the judicial and legal process," however, the vessel remained anchored at the Iranian port until early Friday, according to the maritime tracking data. | |
| On Wednesday, the CEO of Sweden’s Stena Bulk, which owns the ship, said that the crew is ready to depart any moment. Once it receives a green light from the Iranian authorities, the ship would steer for a port in the United Arab Emirates, the CEO said. Citing Refinitiv ship tracking data, Reuters reported early Friday that the vessel has logged Port Rashid, a commercial port in Dubai, as its destination. | |
| The tanker was seized by the Iranian Navy as it entered the Strait of Hormuz in mid-July for ‘violating maritime rules’ amid a flare-up in tensions between Tehran and London. The row started when the Royal Navy captured an Iranian oil tanker off the cost of Gibraltar at Washington's request, which alleged it was smuggling oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions.However, Gibraltar later determined that the tanker did not violate any EU laws, refusing to cave in to the US pressure and enforce much harsher sanctions imposed by the US on Iran. | |
| Washington again demanded the tanker to be seized, arguing that it was used to ferry Iranian crude at the behest of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), an elite military unit designated as a foreign terrorist organization by the US, but not the EU or other world powers.The tanker, renamed from Grace 1 to Adrian Darya, was eventually released on August 15, and has since sold all its cargo, according to Tehran. | |
| Like this story? Share it with a friend! |