DUBAI, March 6 (Reuters) – Iran plans to unload roughly $50 million value of crude oil from a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker it seized final yr, the semi-state Fars information company reported on Wednesday, threatening retaliatory measures in opposition to the United States. It is. state.
The Advantage Sweet was a Suezmax crude oil tanker chartered by the US Chevron Corporation, and was seized by the Iranian army in April 2023 on suspicion of colliding with an Iranian ship.
The unloading of the cargo was brought on by epidermolysis bullosa (EB), a uncommon pores and skin illness, which led to a lawsuit in Sweden for “extreme bodily and psychological hurt” brought on by the failure to offer medical companies. This follows a Tehran court docket order in favor of Iranian sufferers. The lawsuit says U.S. sanctions are responsible.
The report didn’t say whether or not Iran’s seizure of the oil tanker would have an effect on EB sufferers.
In August 2023, a cargo of Iranian oil was unloaded off the coast of Texas from the Suez Rajan, a Marshall Islands-flagged tanker seized by the United States.
This similar tanker, named St. Nicholas, was seized within the Gulf of Oman by the Iranian Navy earlier this yr following a court docket order.
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