Oil supertanker bound for Syria held in Gibraltar
2019-07-05 09:10:36 source：The Aljazeera
July 5, 2019
British Royal Marines, police and customs agents in Gibraltar stopped a supertanker carrying Iranian crude oil to Syria in breach of European Unionsanctions.
The Grace 1 vessel was boarded early Thursday when it slowed down in a designated area used by shipping agencies to ferry goods to ships in the UK territory along Spain's southern coast.
Iran summoned the British ambassador in Tehran over the "illegal seizure" of the oil tanker in Gibraltar, Iranian state TV quoted foreign ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi as saying.
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