Iran tanker could leave Gibraltar on Friday unless US legal bid succeeds | World News, The Indian Express

Iran tanker could leave Gibraltar on Friday unless US legal bid succeeds | World News, The Indian Express

By Reuters |London |Updated: August 16, 2019 4:40:53 pm

Iran tanker could leave Gibraltar on Friday unless US legal bid succeeds

The Grace 1 was seized by British Royal Marine commandos in darkness at the western mouth of the Mediterranean on July 4 on suspicion of violating European Union sanctions by taking oil to Syria, a close ally of Iran.

Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 sits anchored awaiting a court ruling on whether it can be freed after it was seized in July by British Royal Marines off the coast of the British Mediterranean territory, in the Strait of Gibraltar, southern Spain, August 15, 2019. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

An Iranian tanker caught in the standoff between Tehran and the West could sail free from British territory Gibraltar on Friday, unless a last-ditch push by the United States succeeds in dragging the saga back into court.