Iranian tanker wanted by U.S. not heading to Greece: Greek prime minister

PARIS – An Iranian tanker which the USA desires seized will not be heading in direction of Greece because it sails by the Mediterranean, Greek Prime Minister Kyrikos Mitsotakis advised France 24 TV on Thursday.

The Adrian Darya, previously referred to as Grace 1, left Gibraltar on Sunday. Ship-tracking knowledge on Tuesday confirmed it was heading towards the Greek port of Kalamata on the southern coast of the Peloponnese and was scheduled to reach subsequent Monday.

“The ship will not be heading in direction of Greece. We have now not acquired a request for it to dock in a Greek port,” mentioned Mitsotakis, who was in Paris for a gathering with French President Emmanuel Macron.

The tanker was detained by Gibraltar after British forces seized it in July on suspicion of breaking sanctions on Syria, nevertheless it was launched on Sunday.

The US desires to detain it once more on the grounds it has hyperlinks to Iran’s Revolutionary Guards, which it deems a terrorist organisation.

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo mentioned on Tuesday that the USA would take each motion it may to forestall the tanker delivering oil to Syria in contravention of U.S. sanctions.

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