Gibraltar has rejected the US demand that Iranian tankers Grace 1
Gibraltar rejected the request of the US capital to extend the detention of the Iranian tanker Grace1, follows from the statements of the government of the country.
According to the document, the scope of EU law is narrower than in the U.S., and grounds For further detention of the ship there.
in early July the British authorities of Gibraltar suspect Iranian tanker Grace 1 in violation of the punishment of the EU against Syria. During the investigation, law enforcement authorities detained the captain, the senior assistant of the tanker and another 2 crew members. The fifteenth of August, the tanker was released.
in Iran, the liberation of the tanker Grace 1 in Gibraltar called a victory of diplomacy and failure of White house policy.
on the next day the U.S. court issued a warrant for the arrest of Grace 1. According to the U.S. Department of justice, tanker, all the oil on Board and 995 thousand dollars shall be confiscated in connection with infractions of us law "international emergency economic powers" (IEEPA), Bank fraud and money laundering, as well as legislation as a result of legislation On confiscation for activities linked with crime.
The US argued that the tanker was carrying to Syria oil from Iran in the interests of the Islamic revolution guards Corps (IRGC), which Washington has declared a terrorist organization.
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