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Iranian supertanker released by Gibraltar, despite last-minute US attempt to seize itGreg NormanAn Iranian supertanker has been released by Gibraltar on Thursday after being held for more than a month on suspicions it was trying to provide crude oil to Bashar Assad’s Syrian regime in violation of European Union sanctions.The British territory’s Supreme Court announced that it had lifted a holding order on Grace 1, Fox News confirmed. The Iranian vessel had been held in Gibraltar since July 4 and officials from the Islamic Republic have been demanding its release, signaling that if Gibraltar parts with the ship, they may free the U.K.-flagged Stena Impero – an oil tanker captured in the Strait of Hormuz two weeks later.News of the ship's release Thursday came hours after the U.S. made a last-minute move to seize control of it. Gibraltar’s government said earlier in the day its Supreme Court adjourned a scheduled decision on whether to release Grace 1 after it received an application from the U.S. Department of Justice seeking to extend its detention. But the Gibraltar Chronicle, quoting the court's chief justice, Anthony Dudley, reported that the application never made it before the court when the hearing resumed Thursday afternoon.Read more at: https://www.foxnews.com/world/iran-supertanker-gibraltar-release-us-seize
Gibraltar is in some tough straits.
