Iran releases hijacked British tanker
English - Monday 23 September 2019 الساعة 05:08 pm
Aden – NewsYemen.net
Government spokesman Ali Rubaie announced on Monday- Iran has released a British oil tanker it seized more than two months ago.
"The legal procedures have been completed and accordingly, the conditions for the release of the oil tanker have been completed and they can sail," Rubaie told a press conference.
The semi-official Fares news agency on Sunday quoted the director general of ports and maritime navigation in the province of Hormozgan, Murad Afifi Bor, as saying that "after the verdict to end the detention of the British tanker Stina Impero, this ship will begin to sail after 65 days.
Afifi Bour said that the process of the tanker leaving from Iranian territorial waters has begun, but the legal case against the tanker is still open, and the results of the case will soon be announced.
Eric Hanel, chief executive of the Swedish-owned British carrier Stena Impero, which has the British flag and detained by Tehran since July 19, said on Sunday on Swedish television: "We received information on Sunday morning that they would release the Stena Impero apparently within hours, so we understand That the political decision was made to release it. "
The Iranian Revolutionary Guards seized the tanker in the Strait of Hormuz for alleged offenses, two weeks after Britain seized an Iranian tanker off the coast of Gibraltar.
in August the Iranian tanker was released by the authorities.
Tehran's release comes after Iran was accused of involvement in an attack on Saudi oil facilities and Washington sent military reinforcements to the Gulf in preparation for a disciplinary military operation.
