The Marshall Islands-flagged Advantage Sweet was seized in April 2023 whereas crusing by means of the Gulf of Oman, a key delivery route for the oil trade.
A spokeswoman for Advantage Tankers stated on the time that the Chevron-chartered ship was loading oil from Kuwait and headed for Texas earlier than it was seized.
Iranian judiciary web site Mizan Online reported on Wednesday {that a} Tehran court docket had “ordered the seizure of Advantage Sweet’s U.S. oil cargo, which is claimed to be price greater than $50 million.” .
It was not instantly clear when the court docket order was issued.
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The newspaper stated the oil seizure was in retaliation for “sanctions by Western international locations, notably the United States, which have led to the blockage of gross sales of medicines wanted by epidermolysis bullosa sufferers.”
Iran has been underneath crippling U.S. sanctions since Washington withdrew from the landmark nuclear deal in 2018.
UN consultants stated in a 2021 report that “over-compliance” with sanctions is impacting folks affected by “epidermolysis bullosa, a uncommon and intensely painful pores and skin illness that’s severe and life-threatening.” I warned you that
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The report comes after a Swedish bandage firm, credited with providing the best therapy for the illness, halted shipments to Iran, in accordance with the United Nations.
Over the years, there have been quite a lot of hijackings and assaults involving Iran within the Gulf of Oman.
In January, the U.S. navy introduced that Iran was “holding 5 ships and greater than 90 crew members hostage from a vessel it captured roughly a 12 months in the past.”
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