The Iranian oil tanker Grace 1 has departed from Gibraltar after the British overseas territory rejected a US demand to seize the vessel. According to the monitoring website Marine Traffic, the supertanker — which had been detained since July 4 off the coast of Gibraltar — lifted anchor Sunday evening ...
Iran’s Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani says Gibraltar’s decision to release the Iran-operated Grace 1 supertanker shows that Britain had to retreat from its maritime piracy. Larijani made the remarks while addressing an open session of parliament on Saturday after Gibraltar’s government announced on Thursday that it was releasing the supertanker ...
