Iran Says Seized Oil Tanker in Gibraltar Wasn't Sailing to Syria
The Grace 1 super tanker i near a Royal Marine patrol vessel in the British territory of Gibraltar.
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Iran said an oil tanker that was seized by British forces near Gibraltar wasn’t destined for Syria.
The ship “was navigating in international waters,” Deputy Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said at a press conference in Tehran. He said the tanker wasn’t heading toward Syria, without saying where the vessel was going. “We consider this an act of piracy.”