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US blacklists Iranian tanker Mike Pompeo says is heading to Syria
Source: Agence France-Presse
US blacklists Iranian tanker Mike Pompeo says is heading to Syria
Agence France-Presse
Sat 31 Aug 2019 11.19 EDT Last modified on Sat 31 Aug 2019 11.39 EDT
The US has blacklisted the Iranian tanker Adrian Darya, saying it had “reliable information” it was transporting oil to Syria in defiance of wide-ranging sanctions on the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
Previously known as Grace 1, the vessel was seized in July by British marines and held in Gibraltar for six weeks, on suspicion it was delivering oil for Tehran’s ally Damascus.
The British territory released the ship – despite US protests – after it said it had received written assurances from Iran that the vessel would not head for countries under European Union sanctions. Tehran later denied it had made any promises.
“We have reliable information that the tanker is underway and headed to Tartus, Syria,” US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said in a tweet on Friday.
The US treasury said the vessel was “blocked property” under an anti-terrorist order, and “anyone providing support to the Adrian Darya 1 risks being sanctioned”.
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Agence France-Presse
Sat 31 Aug 2019 11.19 EDT Last modified on Sat 31 Aug 2019 11.39 EDT
The US has blacklisted the Iranian tanker Adrian Darya, saying it had “reliable information” it was transporting oil to Syria in defiance of wide-ranging sanctions on the regime of Bashar al-Assad.
Previously known as Grace 1, the vessel was seized in July by British marines and held in Gibraltar for six weeks, on suspicion it was delivering oil for Tehran’s ally Damascus.
The British territory released the ship – despite US protests – after it said it had received written assurances from Iran that the vessel would not head for countries under European Union sanctions. Tehran later denied it had made any promises.
“We have reliable information that the tanker is underway and headed to Tartus, Syria,” US secretary of state Mike Pompeo said in a tweet on Friday.
The US treasury said the vessel was “blocked property” under an anti-terrorist order, and “anyone providing support to the Adrian Darya 1 risks being sanctioned”.
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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/31/us-iranian-tanker-adrian-darya-syria
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