UK Foreign Sec opens possibility of tanker release

(14 Jul 2019) Britain could release the supertanker seized off the coast of Gibraltar if Iran provides "sufficient guarantees" that the cargo is not bound for Syria, the British Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said.

The Iranian tanker intercepted last week was carrying 2.1 million barrels of light crude oil, the head of Gibraltar's government said Friday.

A senior Spanish official had previously said the interception was carried out at the request of the United States, but Gibraltar's Chief Minister Fabian Picardo told parliament no other government had asked the territory to act.



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