(MADRID) — Gibraltar on Thursday allowed a detained Iranian supertanker to leave the British overseas territory after a last-minute U.S. attempt to seize the vessel, potentially defusing tensions between London and Tehran as a British-flagged tanker remains held by the Islamic Republic. The ...
An Iranian tanker caught in the standoff between Tehran and the West could sail free from British territory Gibraltar on Friday, unless a last-ditch push by the United States succeeds in dragging the saga back into court./ The Grace 1 was seized by British Royal Marine commandos in darkness at ...
In this file photo dated Thursday, July 4, 2019, Grace 1 super tanker is anchored near a Royal Marine patrol vessel off the coast of the British territory of Gibraltar. A newspaper in Gibraltar is reporting Thursday Aug. 15, 2019, that the United States has applied to seize the Iranian ...
n Iranian tanker detained in Gibraltar for breaching EU sanctions could be allowed to leave on Friday, though a last minute US legal bid to halt it could yet end up back in court, the territory's chief minister said. Gibraltar decided on Thursday to free the tanker, but did not immediately ...
This undated image made from a video provided by the IRGC/IRIB shows a ship in the Persian Gulf. Iranian forces seized the ship, which it suspected of carrying smuggled fuel, state media reported Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, marking the Revolutionary Guard’s third seizure of a vessel in recent weeks ...
Authorities in Gibraltar released from detention Thursday an Iranian oil supertanker impounded since last month despite a last-minute move by the United States to seize the vessel, according to the government of the British overseas territory. Officials in Gibraltar earlier said in a statement ...
Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 sits anchored after it was seized in July by British Royal Marines off the coast of the British Mediterranean territory, in the Strait of Gibraltar/ LONDON/GIBRALTAR (Reuters) - Britain's Mediterranean territory Gibraltar decided on Thursday to free a seized Iranian ...
This undated image made from a video provided by the IRGC/IRIB shows a ship in the Persian Gulf. Iranian forces seized the ship, which it suspected of carrying smuggled fuel, state media reported Sunday, Aug. 4, 2019, marking the Revolutionary Guard's third seizure of a vessel in recent weeks ...
A Royal Marine patrol vessel is seen beside Iran's Grace 1 tanker in the British territory of Gibraltar on July 4. The tanker was impounded, and the U.S. Justice Department applied to seize it, according to the Gibraltar government./ A Royal Marine patrol vessel is seen beside Iran's Grace 1 ...
Gibraltar's Supreme Court has ruled against U.S. efforts to block the release of an Iranian supertanker; Greg Palkot has the details./ supertanker has been released by Gibraltar on Thursday after being held for more than a month on suspicions it was trying to provide crude oil to Bashar Assad’s ...
The U.S. has a made a last-minute move to seize an supertanker that was captured in Gibraltar last month by authorities who suspect the vessel was trying to provide crude oil to Bashar Assad’s Syrian regime in violation of European Union sanctions./ Gibraltar’s government announced Thursday that ...
LONDON — The United States has applied to seize the Iranian oil tanker being held at Gibraltar, the government of the British territory revealed on Thursday, just as the authorities appeared to be close to releasing the ship they detained more than a month ago. The American action is the latest ...
The Grace 1 supertanker, carrying 2.1 million barrels of Iranian oil, was seized on July 4 by Gibraltar police and British special forces off the overseas British territory (AFP Photo/JORGE GUERRERO)/ Gibraltar (AFP) - Gibraltar's Supreme Court was to decide on Thursday whether an Iranian oil ...
Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 sits anchored awaiting a court ruling on whether it can be freed after it was seized in July by British Royal Marines off the coast of the British Mediterranean territory, in the Strait of Gibraltar, southern Spain, August 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jon Nazca/ LONDON (Reuters) ...
LONDON/GIBRALTAR (Reuters) - Britain’s Mediterranean territory Gibraltar decided on Thursday to free a seized Iranian oil tanker, but did not immediately indicate when or if the ship would set sail after the United States launched a new, last-minute legal bid to hold it. The Grace 1 was seized ...
Iran's Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif speaks during a news conference in Tehran, Iran August 5, 2019. Nazanin Tabatabaee/WANA (West Asia News Agency) via REUTERS/ DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran’s foreign minister accused the United States on Thursday of attempted piracy in trying to prevent ...
Gibraltar Chronicle/ Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 sits anchored in the fog after it was seized in July by British Royal Marines off the coast of the British Mediterranean territory on suspicion of violating sanctions against Syria, in the Strait of Gibraltar, southern Spain August 15, 2019. ...
Gibraltar decided to release the Grace 1 tanker after receiving formal written assurances from the Iranian government that it would not discharge its cargo in Syria, the Gibraltar Chronicle reported on Thursday. “On that basis, Gibraltar’s Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has decided to lift the ...
A boat sails after approaching to the boarding ladder (L) of the Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 as it sits anchored after it was seized in July by British Royal Marines off the coast of the British Mediterranean territory on suspicion of violating sanctions against Syria, in the Strait of Gibraltar, ...
48PM [Updated: Wed Aug 14, 2019 08:56PM ]/ The photo taken on July 06, 2019 shows Iranian-owned supertanker Grace 1 off the coast of Gibraltar. (Photo by AFP)/ Speculations over the release of a detained Iranian oil tanker have grown ahead of an August 15 hearing, which is set to decide about ...
Iranian foreign minister describes last-minute US efforts to seize vessel as ‘piracy attempt’/ , at the centre of a diplomatic dispute between Tehran and London. , carrying 2.1 million barrels of oil, was seized by royal marines last month, as the UK claimed it was aiming to deliver oil to Syria ...
40PM [Updated: Thu Aug 15, 2019 03:01PM ]/ This file photo taken on July 20, 2019, shows Gibraltar defense police officers guarding the Iranian-operated oil tanker Grace 1 as it sits anchored after being seized earlier this month by British Royal Marines off the coast of Gibraltar, southern ...
22AM [Updated: Thu Aug 15, 2019 10:23AM ]/ The picture taken on July 06, 2019 shows Iranian-owned supertanker Grace 1 off the coast of Gibraltar on July 6, 2019. (By Reuters)/ Gibraltar says the US has applied to seize an Iranian oil tanker, which is being held in the British overseas territory, ...
for Israel’s current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant has triggered a furious response from leading Israelis across the political spectrum. By contrast it has been welcomed by Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and ordinary citizens in Gaza. Leading ...
Benjamin Netanyahu (L), Yoav Gallant (C) and Mohammed Deif (R)/ Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) have issued arrest warrants for Israel’s prime minister and former defence minister, as well as the military commander of Hamas. A statement said a pre-trial chamber had rejected ...
At least 22 people were reportedly killed in a strike in the Sheikh Radwan neighbourhood of Gaza City/ Dozens of people are reported to have been killed in overnight Israeli air strikes in northern Gaza. Paramedics and Hamas-affiliated media said at least 66 were killed, including women and ...
The US has blocked a Gaza ceasefire draft resolution at the United Nations Security Council - the fourth time it has used its veto power during the conflict to shield its ally, Israel. Fourteen of the 15 Council members voted in favour of the draft, which demanded that the war in Gaza "must end ...
Israel’s military says its offensive in Beit Lahia and other areas of northern Gaza targets regrouping Hamas fighters/ Palestinians are "facing diminishing conditions for survival" in parts of northern Gaza under siege by Israeli forces because virtually no aid has been delivered in 40 days, the ...
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A video showed the woman sitting in her underwear on steps at Islamic Azad University before walking down a nearby street/ An Iranian woman will not face charges after she stripped to her underwear in an apparent anti-hijab protest at a university in Tehran, Iranian authorities say. Earlier in ...
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