[국제]Korean ships seized by Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Gulf waters…

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A Korean chemical carrier,’Korea Chemie’, destined for the UAE was captured by Iranian Revolutionary Guards in the Gulf waters.

The Iranian Revolutionary Guard claimed the capture was in response to a violation of marine environmental guidelines.

20 people, including 5 Korean sailors, were on board.

This is a report by Park Sang-nam reporter.

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Iran’s Ban Gwan-yeong Pars news agency reported on the 4th local time that the Revolutionary Guards captured a Korean-born ship in the Gulf Sea and moved it to the port.

The Napo ship turned out to be’Korea Chemie’, the ship of the shipbuilding’DM Shipping’ in Busan.

Iranian Revolutionary Guards issued a statement claiming that “the capture was due to the vessel’s repeated violations of marine environmental regulations.”

[알리레자 아스가리안 / 이란뉴스채널(IRINN) 진행자 : 한국 국적의 유조선이 걸프해역에서 환경 지침 위반으로 나포됐으며 이란 항구 중 한 곳으로 보내져 조사받고 있습니다. 이 유조선은 사우디에서 한국으로 가는 7,200톤의 에탄올을 싣고 있었습니다.]

The Revolutionary Guards announced that’Korean Chemie’ is being held at the Port of Bandar Abbas.

He said, “This arrest is at the request of the Prosecutors’ Office and the Port Authority of Hormuz State.”

It was found that 20 people, including 5 Korean sailors, were on board the seizure ship.

Foreign media such as the AP and Reuters also cited the Iranian media and reported the arrest of Korean chemists at once.

The Strait of Hormuju, the entrance to the Gulf waters where ships were captured, is a strategic point, with about a third of the world’s maritime crude oil transport.

The Iranian arrest took place amid particularly high military tensions between the United States and Iran.

Iran, the leader of the Islamic Shiite, threatened to block the Strait of Hormuz whenever military tensions with the United States escalated, and have captured several ships.

This is YTN Park Sang-nam.

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