Iran’s military seized two Greek tankers in the Gulf, shortly after Tehran warned it would take “punitive action” against Athens if the United States seized Iranian oil from a tanker off the Greek coast.
Iran’s state maritime body said on Saturday that the crew of the two Greek tankers seized by its Revolutionary Guards on Friday were not detained, and were in good health and being looked after on their ships. Iranian forces seized two Greek tankers in the Gulf on Friday, shortly after Tehran warned it would take “punitive action” against Athens if the United States seized Iranian oil from a tanker off the Greek coast.
“The crew of the two Greek tankers have not been arrested, and all crew members … are in good health and being protected, and providing essential services in accordance with international law,” Iran The Port and Maritime Organization of the said in a statement carried by the state media.
The body said the two ships were intercepted over an unspecified “sea breach”.
Greece said on Friday an Iranian Navy helicopter landed on the Greek-flagged ship Delta Poseidon in international waters and took the crew hostage. It said a similar incident occurred on another Greek-flagged ship near Iran, without naming the ship. Athens said both actions violated international law.
It said a similar incident occurred on another Greek-flagged ship near Iran, without naming the ship.
Greek authorities confiscated the Iranian-flagged Pega from Greece last month due to EU sanctions. The United States later confiscated Iranian oil cargo held on the ship, Reuters reported on Thursday.
Pegas and his Russian crew were later released, but the seizure raised tensions as Iran and world powers seek to revive the 2015 nuclear deal.
Separately, Noor News, an Iranian state security body affiliated, said: “Iran will not remain passive in the face of any threat to its interests, and testing Iran’s will is a strategic error that poses a threat to the United States and its Huge cost will be required. Scope.”
Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, tweeted: “Our relations should not be hampered by deep short-sightedness, including a highway robbery at the behest of a third party.”
In 2019, Iran seized a British tanker near the Strait of Hormuz for alleged violations, two weeks after detaining an Iranian tanker near Gibraltar, accusing it of sending oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions. took. Both ships were later abandoned.
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