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2022-06-14 21:14
Greece turns back on U.S. demand, frees Iranian oil tanker
TEHRAN - The Greek government has overturned its recent decision to confiscate an Iranian oil tanker under pressure by Washington, Press TV reported.
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2022-05-28 21:18
Iran seizes Greek ships in tit-for-tat move
TEHRAN – Iran has seized two Greek-flagged oil tankers in the Persian Gulf in a tit-for-tat move after Greece detained an Iranian-flagged oil tanker and transferred its cargo to the United States.
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2022-03-11 21:43
Seizure of Iran’s oil cargo amid Vienna talks may jeopardize agreement
TEHRAN— In an unconstructive move that could jeopardize a possible revival of the 2015 nuclear deal, the United States has discreetly confiscated the cargo of two oil tankers belonging to Iran.
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2021-11-06 21:39
MP calls on Foreign Ministry to take action against U.S. piracy in international bodies
TEHRAN — A member of the National Security and Foreign Policy Committee of the Iranian Parliament has called on Iranian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to take action against the U.S. at international bodies for trying to steal the Iranian oil tanker in the Sea of Oman.
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2021-11-01 13:04
Navy foils pirate attack on Iranian oil tanker
TEHRAN - The Iranian naval forces on Monday morning managed to thwart a pirate attack on one of the Iranian oil tankers en route to the Gulf of Aden before entering Bab el-Mandeb Strait.
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2021-10-08 21:26
Michel Aoun: Lebanon backs Iran's efforts to solve problems with regional states
TEHRAN - During a meeting with Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Beirut on Thursday, Lebanese President Michel Aoun underscored his country's support for Tehran's measures to improve relations with countries in the region.
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2021-09-25 21:42
Iran FM to tour West Asia
TEHRAN — According to reports published by Lebanese media outlets, Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian will soon visit Beirut and Damascus.
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2021-08-27 22:08
Iranian fuel to reach Beirut soon
TEHRAN — The first tanker carrying fuel for Lebanon has left Iranian waters.
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2021-08-10 21:43
Why didn’t Tehran publicize Israel’s unlawful targeting of Iranian ships?
TEHRAN – In what appeared to be a shift in strategy concurrently with the change of government, Iran unveiled to what extent the Israeli regime had gone to harm Iran’s legitimate oil trade.
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2020-10-31 20:41
Iran condemns U.S. for ‘bragging about stealing’ oil
TEHRAN- Saeed Khatibzadeh, the spokesman for Iran’s Foreign Ministry, denounced on Friday a U.S. decision to sell an oil shipment allegedly seized from Iran, calling it an act of theft.
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2020-08-14 15:13
Iran rejects claims about seizure of its tankers by U.S.
TEHRAN - Iranian Ambassador to Venezuela Hojat Soltani has rejected claims that the United States has seized Iranian tankers carrying fuel to Venezuela.
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2020-06-20 16:27
By Payman Yazdani, Morteza Rahmani
Iran-Venezuela alliance a glorious example for nations to follow: American analyst
TEHRAN – An American columnist and political author says the Iran-Venezuela alliance against the US is a glorious model for other nations to stand against Washington's hegemonic policies.
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2020-06-08 18:01
Ayatollah Khamenei praises crew of tankers to Venezuela
TEHRAN - Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has praised crew of the Iranian tankers that shipped fuel to Venezuela.
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2020-05-29 12:41
By Payman Yazdani
Tehran signals its oil trade 'legitimate': Japanese expert
TEHRAN– Sachi Sakanashi believes that message of Iran's move to send oil tankers to Venezuela is that Tehran's oil trade is legitimate and the country is ready to send its oil even across the Atlantic Ocean when there is a customer.
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2020-05-27 17:36
Third Iranian tanker reaches Venezuelan waters
TEHRAN — The third cargo of an Iranian tanker flotilla carrying fuel for Venezuela on Tuesday reached the nation’s exclusive economic zone as the previous two were discharging at state run PDVSA’s ports, Refinitiv Eikon data showed.
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2020-05-27 12:28
Photo: Hamsharionline
Venezuelans welcome Iranian tanker
Venezuelans celebrated on Monday as the first of five Iranian gasoline tankers arrived in the country in defiance of U.S. threats. In this photo, a Venezuelan employee is kissing the Iranian flag.
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2020-05-26 18:59
Iranian tankers’ arrival in Venezuelan waters marks end to unipolar system: Zarif advisor
TEHRAN - Mehdi Sanaei, a top advisor to Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, said on Tuesday that arrival of Iranian oil tankers in the Venezuelan waters in the Caribbean is an end to a unipolar system.
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2020-05-26 16:43
Envoy lauds U.S. abstention from disrupting Iranian tankers
TEHRAN — Iranian Ambassador to Venezuela Hojatollah Soltani says the U.S. abstention form aggression against Iranian tankers showed that there’s still wisdom in the U.S. establishment.
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2020-05-26 12:30
Maduro says tankers symbolize Iran-Venezuela ‘courage and freedom’
TEHRAN – Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has hailed the arrival of Iranian tankers to Venezuela amid U.S. threats.
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2020-05-26 12:00
By Payman Yazdani
Tehran's political, diplomatic move sends clear signal to world: Entessar
TEHRAN– Prof. Entessar says that Tehran's political and diplomatic moves sent a clear and unambiguous signal that maritime piracy is not only a challenge to the international legal order but it also threatens Iran's commercial and political rights as a sovereign nation-state.
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2020-05-25 12:45
In defiance of U.S. threats, first Iranian oil tanker reaches Venezuelan waters
In defiance of threats by Washington, the first of five Iranian oil tankers heading to Venezuela entered the country's waters.
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2019-10-15 09:52
Iranian oil tanker’s distress call for help in Red Sea went unnoticed: PMO
TEHRAN – The Iranian Ports and Maritime Organization (PMO) has announced in a statement posted on its official website that none of the regional maritime bodies responded to calls for help by the Iranian oil tanker Sabiti when it came under missile attack off the Saudi coast in the Red Sea on Friday morning.
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2019-10-12 20:27
Iranian security official: Evil acts in international waterways won’t go unanswered
TEHRAN – Ali Shamkhani, secretary of Iran's Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), has condemned the Friday morning attack on Iran’s SABITI oil tanker in the Red Sea and voiced Tehran’s firm will to give a crushing response to the evil act in international waterways.
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2019-10-12 17:28
Government spokesman: Iran starts probe into oil tanker blast carefully, patiently
TEHRAN - Iranian government spokesman Ali Rabiei said on Saturday that Tehran has started careful investigation into two explosions on its oil tanker in the Red Sea, refraining from any precipitancy.
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2019-10-11 23:10
Russia: So soon for comment on causes of explosions in Iranian oil tanker
TEHRAN – The director of the Asian Bureau of the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Friday that necessary investigations about causes of explosions in an Iranian oil tanker in the Red Sea are underway, suggesting it is necessary to refrain from immediate comments.
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2019-10-11 14:23
NITC dismisses reports missiles fired at Iranian oil tanker from S. Arabia
TEHRAN – National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) has dismissed media reports that an Iranian oil tanker navigating in the Red Sea was hit by missiles fired from Saudi Arabia, IRNA reported.
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2019-10-11 13:13
U.S. navy says aware of attack on Iranian oil tanker
The U.S. Navy’s Fifth Fleet is aware of media reports about an Iranian tanker blast but has no further information so far, a spokesman said on Friday.
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2019-10-11 12:47
Iranian oil tanker hit by two blasts in Red Sea
TEHRAN - In what Tehran calls a "dangerous adventure", two separate explosions, possibly caused by missile attacks, hit an Iranian oil tanker operated by the National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) near the Saudi port city of Jeddah.
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2019-09-25 19:11
Release of UK-flagged oil tanker finalized: Tehran
TEHRAN – Foreign Ministry spokesman Abbas Mousavi said on Wednesday that the procedure to release a detained British-flagged oil tanker has been finalized with cooperation of Iranian Foreign Ministry, Judiciary and Ports and Maritime Organization.
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2019-09-16 19:15
Tehran says to release detained UK-flagged tanker
TEHRAN – The Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman has said that the UK-flagged oil tanker Stena Impero, which was detained by Iran for violating international maritime rules, will soon be released.