U.S. seeks seizure of Iranian oil tanker in new escalation

Washington Post

U.S. seeks seizure of Iranian oil tanker in new escalation

Washington Post

U.S. seeks seizure of Iranian oil tanker in new escalation

Beirut bureau chief, covering Lebanon, Syria and the wider region/ The global standoff between the United States and Iran took a new turn Saturday after the United States issued a warrant for the seizure of an Iranian oil tanker detained in Gibraltar, just hours after the ship was ordered released. The legal action thrust the Grace 1 supertanker into the heart of tensions between Washington and Tehran a day after a dispute over its fate between Britain and Iran had apparently been resolved. the Grace 1 off Gibraltar last month on the ...

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