“At first they were scared – they let them go,” says the father of a Greek sailor in the occupied tanker

The agony for her is at its peak his family 28-year-old second engineer from Sitia, which is in their hands “Guards of the Revolution” since Friday, May 27, when members of the Iranian armed forces, following a raid, seized two Greek-owned tankers and detained their crews.

The family of the 28-year-old Cretan, with composure but also reasonable impatience, is waiting for news from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the ship-owning company for the evolution of negotiations.

Manolis Dedeakis, although only 28 years old, comes from a naval family and has been traveling for 6 years.

As his father explains, speaking to neakriti.gr, is cool and in good health like the rest of the crew. The Iranian guard installed on the ship returned the mobile phones to the crew members and the 28-year-old managed despite the connection difficulties to already communicate with his partner, reassuring his family: «He is in a good mood. As all the crew members told us at the beginning, they shook a little. He was embarrassed, but then they calmed down. The Iranians are behaving very well, and they have assured us that everything will be fine. I have also spoken with the Minister of Shipping Mr. Plakiotakis, from whom we also received positive confirmations. I want to believe that the whole issue will soon have a happy ending. The ship is moored outside the port“Said, among other things, the father of the 28-year-old”, says Manolis’ father.

Asked if he is afraid of what might happenMr. Dedeakis replied that “on the phone we had, although my son could not talk much, he told us that he just they gave them their phones back as they had been taken from the first day, but according to what he told us in the early hours of the next day they gave them back. They let them circulate on the ship and there is no pressure that existed on the first day. Now things are more relaxed and as he informed us they are behaving very well. There is a security unit left inside, ie about ten people, no more. We hope that the problem will be rectified as soon as possible and that calm and regularity will occur.».

Manolis Dedeakis, traveled for the first time with this companyas his father explains, an experienced sailor who has experienced similar adventures at sea: «I have lived in the Persian Gulf and I know how things are there. I have been through a lot. What my son is experiencing now, I have gone through too“, concluded.

On the side of the family is the deputy mayor of Sitia, but also the Minister of Shipping, Giannis Plakiotakis, who is in constant contact with them, informing them about the progress of the negotiations, with the aim of immediate removal of the 9 Greeks and the Cypriot navy from the two ships.

The Poseidon had left Basra, Iraq for Fujairah, with the final destination being the refineries in Agios Theodoros. Respectively the Prudent Warrior had also left Basra for Fugeria with the final destination but had not yet been determined.

Nea Kriti

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