A spokesman for the Iranian government announced yesterday that a legal procedure to release a British-flagged tanker captured by the country's elite and revolutionary defense team in the Holmes Strait in the Middle East was completed. Iran's state news agency reported. There seems to be an aim to appeal to the international community for reconciliation in front of the UN General Assembly where President Rohani attends.
According to Iran media, the port authorities in the country announced on the 22nd that "the British tanker is about to leave".
On July 19th, the British flag Stena Impero was captured by the Revolutionary Defense Corps while sailing through the Strait of Holmes. About two weeks before that, the British Gibraltar Autonomous Government had seized Iranian tankers for allegedly transporting crude oil to Syria in violation of European Union (EU) sanctions. The possibility of having been pointed out.
The government of Gibraltar has already released Iranian tankers, and this is a form of tension between the British and Iranian tankers. (New York = Shinya Sugisaki)