Stena Impero, the British-flagged tanker detained by Iran on July 19, will be released soon, an Iranian maritime official.
The Stena Impero was detained by Iran’s Revolutionary Guards in the Strait of Hormuz waterway for alleged marine violations, two weeks after Britain seized an Iranian tanker off Gibraltar. That vessel was released in August.
An Iranian government spokesman said on Monday all legal steps had been completed for the release of the detained British tanker Stena Impero but that he did not know the timing of the release, the semi-official news agency ILNA reported.
Earlier, Allahmorad Afifipour, the head of the Ports and Maritime Organisation of Iran in Hormozgan Province, said that“after the issuing of the ruling for the end of detention of the English tanker Stena Impero this vessel will soon, and after the passing of 65 days, begin its movement from the port of Bandar Abbas toward international waters.”
Via Reuters
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