Zarif slams US as report reveals Washington’s bid to blackmail captain of Iran-operated tanker

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Zarif slams US as report reveals Washington’s bid to blackmail captain of Iran-operated tanker

Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif says a US policy of enticing and threatening is becoming a pattern, as reports emerged that Washington had sought to blackmail the captain of an Iranian-operated tanker to receive bribe for the vessel or face sanctions. “Having failed at piracy, the US resorts to outright blackmail—deliver us Iran’s oil and receive several million dollars or be sanctioned yourself,” Zarif said on his official Twitter page on Wednesday. On July 4, Britain’s naval forces unlawfully seized supertanker Adrian Darya ...

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