Iran urges Greece to cooperate over seized ships without US role
US and Greek diplomats have called on Iran to immediately release the Greek tankers, their cargoes and their crews.
By REUTERS
Published: MAY 31, 2022
Iran urged Greece on Tuesday to cooperate to resolve a crisis over the seizure of ships without involving the United States after Iranian forces seized two Greek tankers in the Gulf following the seizure of an Iranian vessel off Greece. Tehran seized the Greek ships on Friday after Athens impounded the Iranian-flagged Pegas in April. The United States, which has imposed a tough sanctions regime on Iran, confiscated the Iranian oil cargo that was on the Pegas.
Calls for Iran to release the tankers
US and Greek diplomats have called on Iran to immediately release the Greek tankers, their cargoes and their crews. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington backed its NATO ally Greece "in the face of this unjustified seizure".
"Mr. Blinken has to realize that the era when the US single-handedly imposed its rules on the world has come to an end," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said, calling Washington "the biggest disrupter of free trade in the world".
"Unfortunately, the Greek government demonstrated that taking orders from a third party is more important to them ... But we believe relations between Iran and Greece should remain well-intentioned,” he told reporters in Tehran.
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US and Greek diplomats have called on Iran to immediately release the Greek tankers, their cargoes and their crews.
By REUTERS
Published: MAY 31, 2022
Iran urged Greece on Tuesday to cooperate to resolve a crisis over the seizure of ships without involving the United States after Iranian forces seized two Greek tankers in the Gulf following the seizure of an Iranian vessel off Greece. Tehran seized the Greek ships on Friday after Athens impounded the Iranian-flagged Pegas in April. The United States, which has imposed a tough sanctions regime on Iran, confiscated the Iranian oil cargo that was on the Pegas.
Calls for Iran to release the tankers
US and Greek diplomats have called on Iran to immediately release the Greek tankers, their cargoes and their crews. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington backed its NATO ally Greece "in the face of this unjustified seizure".
"Mr. Blinken has to realize that the era when the US single-handedly imposed its rules on the world has come to an end," Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said, calling Washington "the biggest disrupter of free trade in the world".
"Unfortunately, the Greek government demonstrated that taking orders from a third party is more important to them ... But we believe relations between Iran and Greece should remain well-intentioned,” he told reporters in Tehran.
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