Gibraltar police releases all four crew members of the Iranian-owned vessel Grace 1 amid heightened tensions in the Gulf
Friday, July 12
As part of our long-standing presence in the Gulf, HMS Duncan warship is deploying to the region, Britain said. "There has been no political request at any time from any government that Gibraltar should act or not act on one basis or another."Spain had said the tanker was intercepted by British authorities after a request from the United States.Iran called on Britain to immediately release its oil tanker which British Royal Marines seized last week, Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi told state news agency IRNA.
"I think that that will be developing over the next couple weeks," Milley told the Senate Armed Services Committee. The vessel was intercepted by the British overseas territory on the southern tip of Spain July 4. A senior Spanish official said the operation was requested by the United States. Later, the UK government said in a statement that the Iranian vessels only turned away after receiving "verbal warnings" from a UK navy vessel.
Iran has said it will disregard certain limits under the JCPOA as long as the remaining parties to the deal - in particular the UK, France and Germany - don't do more to mitigate the impact of crippling US sanctions re-imposed after President Donald Trump withdrew from the deal in May 2018. Russia's Ambassador to the IAEA Mikhail Ulyanov tweeted after the meeting that the US "was practically isolated on this issue".
The United States used an emergency meeting of the UN International Atomic Energy Agency's board on Wednesday to pressure Iran over breaches of the 2015 international nuclear deal, accusing it of extortion and pledging to continue sanctions while still offering to hold talks.
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