Fate of Iranian supertanker held by Gibraltar to be decided

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A court hearing in Gibraltar on Thursday could pave the way for the release of an Iranian super tanker after Iran said Britain would soon release the vessel

The deputy head of Iran's Ports and Maritime Organisation, Jalil Eslami, said on Tuesday that Britain was thinking of freeing the Grace 1 following an exchange of documents.

Iran's semi-official Fars news agency, quoting unidentified authorities in Gibraltar, said the tanker would be freed by Tuesday evening. "As this is an ongoing investigation, we are unable to comment further," a British Foreign Office spokesman said.

 

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The one we supposedly seized because it broke EU sanctions. Iran isn't in the EU...

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