Gibraltar rejects renewed US request that the British overseas territory not release a detained Iranian oil tanker.
The vessel remains at anchor off Gibraltar, laden with 2.1 million barrels of Iranian light crude oil.
The U.S. government claimed in court documents that the Grace 1 was part of a scheme to support illicit shipments from Iran by that country’s Revolutionary Guard Corps,The unsealed documents said that the oil tanker engaged in"deceptive voyages" from Iran to other locations, including Syria. "The E.U. sanctions regime against Iran, which is applicable in Gibraltar, is much narrower than that applicable in the U.S," the statement said.
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