Iran Press/Europe: Hamid Baeidinejad has said, “There is no issue of a commitment or a guarantee. We had announced from the very beginning that the destination of the tanker was not Syria”.
According to Iran’s Fars news agency, Baeidinejad added, “Even if the destination of the tanker was Syria, this would not be an action by Iran violating any international law and on the contrary, the UK action to seize the tanker carrying Iranian oil was in breach of international law."
Some media outlets have claimed that Iran has given guarantees the tanker will not sail to Syria.
On July 4, British forces seized an Iranian-operated supertanker in the Strait of Gibraltar off Spain on the allegation that it was carrying Iranian oil to Syria in violation of the European Union’s unilateral sanctions on the Arab country.
Iran has denied that the vessel was heading for Syria, and Spain later said that London had ordered the confiscation at the request of the United States, which has been trying to hamper Iran’s international oil sales.
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