Iran’s Nour Information web site, near its safety providers, made the risk simply as transport information website Lloyd’s Record mentioned it believed two Greek tankers had been seized within the Persian Gulf.
The crude oil cargo of an Iranian-flagged tanker that was stopped in Greek waters final month has been seized and is being transferred to a different vessel following a request from america, a Greek official mentioned Thursday.
The official mentioned following a “judicial intervention by U.S. authorities in regards to the ship’s cargo” the method is at the moment underway, at U.S. authorities expense, for the oil “to be handed over” off the port of Karystos on the Aegean Sea island of Evia.
The official, who requested to not be recognized so as to focus on the case, didn’t present additional particulars. A Justice Division spokesman in Washington and the U.S. Embassy in Athens declined to remark Thursday.
Related Press author Nicholas Paphitis in Athens, Greece, and Amir Vahdat in Tehran, Iran, contributed to this report.
