Efforts underway to ease tension over Grace 1 tanker in Gibraltar
There was mounting speculation on Tuesday that the supertanker carrying 2.1 million barrels of Iranian crude oil, Grace 1, would be released Tuesday evening. With both Gibraltar and Iran signaling ongoing efforts to de-escalate tensions in the wake of the ship's detention and with local people showing a desire for the matter to be resolved. The controversy began when Gibraltar which is under British control seized the tanker on July 4th and it has been detained in straits of Gibraltar ever since. The British allege that they were upholding ...
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