The responsibility for occupation of the two tankers with Greek flag in the Persian Gulf, were officially taken over by the Revolutionary Guards on Friday.
In particular, the Public Relations Department of the IRGC announced that: “Today (Friday) the IRGC Navy seized two Greek oil tankers due to violations in the blue waters of the Persian Gulf.”
One of the two tankers reportedly carried oil cargo from Basra, Iraq, to ​​the United States.
“Both seized Greek ships have a capacity of 1.8 million barrels of oil or other petroleum products, which, if fully loaded, are now available in Iran,” it said.
According to the Foreign Ministry, a helicopter of the Iranian navy crashed, on Friday afternoon, on the Greek-flagged ship Delta Poseidon which was sailing in international waters (22 nautical miles off the coast of Iran) in the Gulf.
Then, armed, they captured the crew of the ship, including two Greek citizens. A similar incident was reported to have occurred on another Greek-flagged ship, aboard seven Greek nationals, off the Iranian coast.
By order of the Minister of Foreign Affairs Nikos Dendias, the Secretary General of the Ministry Themistoklis Demiris intense protest to the Iranian ambassador in Athens regarding violent seizure of two tankers. “The above acts are essentially equivalent to acts of piracy “ Athens resides in Tehran. The Foreign Ministry called for the immediate release of the ships and their crews, including a total of nine Greeks. The tankers were driven to the Iranian coast.
The Associated Press reports that this is an Iranian retaliation for the case of sub Iranian flag of the ship Pegas, with 19 Russian crew. The United States has seized Iranian oil cargo aboard the ship.
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