The forces of the Corps of the Guardians of the Islamic Revolution (Xirir, the elite parts of the Iran of Iran) detained two Greek tankers, reports on Friday IRNA with reference to the press service of the structure.
According to the report, the detention occurred in the waters of the Persian Gulf.
of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece sharply condemned the seizure of Iran of two courts, the press service of the Greek Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “At the direction of the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Greece Nicos Dandias, the general secretary of the Foreign Ministry of Foreign Ministry, Demiris, has just expressed a decisive protest of Iran’s ambassador in Athens in connection with the violent capture of two ships under the Greek flag in the Persian Gulf,” TASS quoted the statement of the pre-service.
“The above actions are essentially equivalent to piracy acts,” the statement said.
Note that it was previously reported that the US Department of Justice confiscated Iranian oil in Greece transported on the Russian tanker. According to the media, there were 115 thousand tons of Iranian oil on board the tanker. “Based on the court decision, it is expected that the US tanker will be transferred to the United States, the expenses of overload are taken over by the American authorities. The ship is in the port of Caristos,” the Ministry of Naval and island policy of Greece said.
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