Iran “Technical Issues…Ship Marine Pollution Survey”
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The US State Department demanded immediate release in connection with Iran’s detention of a South Korean oil tanker on the 4th (local time), Reuters reported.
According to Reuters, the US State Department made this position in the name of a spokesman. A State Department spokesman also criticized Iran for threatening freedom of navigation in the Gulf and trying to force sanctions against Iran to ease.
Meanwhile, the Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it was a “technical issue” about the capture of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, a Korean chemical carrier,’Korea Chemie’. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Said Hativjade said, “According to an initial report from local authorities, this matter is completely technical, and the vessel was taken in accordance with a court order to investigate marine pollution.” said. “Iran, like other countries, is sensitive to such offenses, especially pollution of the marine environment,” said Hativjade, a spokesman. “There are no exceptions like the previous similar cases that took place in Iran as well as other sea areas,” he said. “Additional details will be mentioned later.”
At 10 am on the day, the Revolutionary Guards captured the Korean Chemie, saying, “It has repeatedly violated regulations on the marine environment.” Will be dealt with by law enforcement authorities.”
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Korea, the Napo point is a sea area near Oman in the Strait of Hormuz, and DM Shipping, a shipbuilder of Korea Chemie, insisted that the area of Napo is the high seas. 20 sailors from Indonesia, Vietnam, and Myanmar were on board, including five Koreans.
/ Reporter Kim Kyung-rim [email protected]
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