MNA The Iranian Ambassador to the UK Hamid Baedinejad has quoted Gibraltars chief ministers remarks as evidence to prove that Iran gave no commitments to Gibraltar and the UK on the destination of the Iranian oil tanker Adrian Daria 1. According to British newspaper telegraph, Gibraltars leader attempted to deescalate the crisis with Iran over ...

IRNA - Iranian Ambassador to London in a message said the super tanker Adrian Darya's cargo has been sold to a private company and has been delivered at sea, adding that its owner will identify its destination. Hamid Baeidinejad who was summoned by UK Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on the pretext of the so-called Iran's ...

IRNA - The super tanker Adrian Darya has unloaded its cargo from Iran in the Mediterranean Sea, said Iran's Foreign Ministry on Sunday. "Adrian Darya tanker berthed at Mediterranean shores despite the harasses and unloaded its cargo and its owner will decide about its future," Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokesman Abbas Mousavi told IRNA on Sunday....

MNA US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said on Thursday he currently had no plan on his desk to seize the Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1, despite earlier reports about US offering of cash to its captain to hand it over. We do not talk about plans, but currently I have no plan right now sitting on my desk to do such a thing, Esper told ...

Tasnim Irans Embassy in London warned the International Maritime Organization (IMO), the United Nations shipping agency, about the US hazardous moves against an Iranian oil tanker that was recently released from Gibraltar despite Washingtons request to continue its detention. In a tweet late on Wednesday, Iranian Ambassador to London Hamid Baeedinejad ...

MNA Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif said late on Wednesday that the United States has resorted to outright blackmailing. In response to a US bribery offer to the captain of Iranian oil tanker, Adrian Darya 1, then known as Grace 1, he emphasized, having failed at piracy, the United States has resorted to blackmailing. The supertanker ...

BBC - The US state department has confirmed it offered millions of dollars to the captain of an Iranian oil tanker which is at the centre of a diplomatic row. Brian Hook, head of the department's Iran Action Group, emailed the captain of the Adrian Darya 1 about sailing it somewhere the US could seize it. The vessel was suspected of moving oil ...

The Moscow Times - Crimea has offered Iran access to its ports as a way for Tehran to avoid Western sanctions on oil exports, a senior official in the annexed regions Kremlin-backed administration told Russian media. Iran is increasingly looking for alternative trade routes to skirt tensions in the Persian Gulf brought on by U.S. sanctions. The ...

Press TV - The United States has blacklisted the Iranian-operated supertanker Adrian Darya 1 and sanctioned its captain, according to the US Treasury Department. "The US Department of the Treasurys Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action today against Adrian Darya 1, an oil tanker transporting 2.1 million barrels of Iranian crude oil ...

Reuters - Iranian tanker Adrian Darya, at the center of a dispute between Washington and Tehran, has changed course away from the Turkish coast, Refinitiv ship tracking data showed on Thursday. The tanker, formerly called Grace 1, was released from detention off Gibraltar in mid-August after a five-week standoff over whether it was carrying Iranian ...

Sputnik - The oil tanker was seized by Gibraltar on 4 July on suspicion of carrying oil to Syria in violation of EU sanctions and released on 15 August. Four days later, the Middle Eastern nation confirmed that the tanker had left Gibraltar's waters. The Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya, formerly known as Grace 1, has changed its course, sailing ...

CBC News | Pete Evans: Last spring, the Grace I left a filling station in the middle of the Persian Gulf loaded down with 2.1 million barrels of Iranian crude. Too large for the Suez Canal, the oil tanker made the long journey around the coast of Africa before showing up at the mouth of the Mediterranean Sea last month. British authorities in Gibraltar ...

Sputnik - The oil-laden Iranian tanker Adrian Darya currently appears to be heading to Turkey after its release from detention off Gibraltar after a five-week standoff. US National Security Adviser John Bolton has strongly urged not to allow the Iranian tanker Adrian Darya to off-load in a Mediterranean port, in a Twitter statement on Sunday. All ...

MNA Irans Navy is ready to safeguard its recently-released oil tanker Adian Darya 1 if necessary, says the Deputy Coordinator of the Iranian Army Rear Admiral Habibollah Sayyari. The Islamic Republics Navy is ready to escort Adrian Darya 1 oil tanker if it is required by the countrys authorities, Rear Admiral Sayyari said on Sunday. He referred ...

Tasnim The Iranian oil tanker released recently by Gibraltar is heading to a port in Turkey, a report said. The crew of the Adrian Darya 1, formerly known as the Grace 1, updated its listed destination in its Automatic Identification System to Mersin, Turkey, a port city in the country's south, AP reported. The ship-tracking website MarineTraffic....

Alwaght - Despite the last-minute US efforts to block the release of the Iranian oil tanker Adrian Darya 1, the vessel finally was released by Gibraltar court. The Adrian Darya 1, previously named Grace 1, headed east into the Mediterranean Sea on Monday hours after authorities in Gibraltar rejected a request from Washington to hold the ship. On ...

MNA The National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) reported Wed. that one of its oil tankers, identified as HELM, has broken down in the Red Sea, adding that the crew are safe and repairs are underway. According to the Iranian Oil Ministry, the oil tanker HELM encountered a technical problem at 6:30 AM Tehran time on Tuesday, August 20, 75 miles off ...

Tasnim Chief of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces Major General Mohammad Hossein Baqeri said the recent release of the countrys oil tanker that had been captured by the British marine forces last month shows the power of the Islamic Republic on the international scene. In spite of all the conspiracies and plots, the (1980-1988) imposed war and ...

MNA Iran's Judiciary Chief Ebrahim Raeisi said the release of Iran-operated supertanker, Adrian Darya 1, is not enough and aggressors need to pay compensation to Iran. This seizure cannot be compensated with the mere act of releasing, rather legal proceedings are required as far as receiving recompense so as to set an example for all who violate ...

IRNA Spokesman for the Iranian Foreign Ministry Abbas Mousavi says the UK July 4 seizure of a tanker carrying Iranian oil in Gibraltar was an illegal action and warned against any acts regarding the detention of the tanker. Mousavi made the remarks at his weekly press briefing on Monday when he described the UK move as a piracy. The name of ...